Commonwealth Day and frozen pensions

Early day motion 266, tabled 9 March 2020 by Peter Bottomley (Conservative). Signed by 16 members.

That this House celebrates Commonwealth Day and the shared goals and bonds between Commonwealth nations, but regrets that half a million UK pensioners living overseas in so-called frozen countries, of which over 90 per cent are Commonwealth nations, are suffering unfairly because the value of their pension is frozen and not up-rated annually in line with inflation, plunging thousands of UK pensioners including veterans and former public servants into poverty; and calls on the Government to uprate the pensions of all UK pensioners in line with the triple lock, regardless of where they live.

Signatures by party: Labour 6, Scottish National Party 4, DUP 3, Conservative 1, Green 1, Labour/Co-operative 1.