Social security and pensions debate
13 February 2009 (updated on 22 April 2010)
House of Commons debates delegated legislation on benefits uprating and minimum pension increases for 2009.
- Commons Hansard: Social security and pensions
- Draft Statutory Instrument: Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2009
- Draft Statutory Instrument: Guaranteed Minimum Pensions Increase Order 2009
- About Parliament: Delegated legislation
Delegated legislation allows the Government to make changes to a law without needing to push through a completely new Act of Parliament. The original Act (also known as primary legislation) would have provisions that allow for future delegated legislation to alter the law to differing degrees.