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Hello, I'm Sean Curran, and this is yesterday in Parliament from BBC Radio 4.

The Conservative leader, Kemmy Badnock, called on the Prime Minister to apologise on Wednesday

the 4th of June to pensioners who didn't get their winter fuel payment last year.

It had been a fortnight since Sarkia Starrma and Kemi Badenock had faced each other across the dispatch box, and the Commons Chamber was full and noisy.

Two weeks ago, the Prime Minister began the exchanges by announcing that he wanted more people to get the winter fuel allowance.

The conservative leader

picked up where the last question time had left off, declaring that three weeks ago,

the government's winter fuel policy had been set in stone. Two weeks ago, the Prime Minister

U-turned. Today, the Chancellor is rushing her plans because she just realised when winter is.

So on behalf of the pensioners who want to know, can the Prime Minister be clear with us here and now,

how many of the 10 million people who lost their winter fuel payments will get it back?

Prime Minister.

Well, I'm glad to see she's catching up with what happened two weeks ago.

Mr Speaker.

Labour MPs were delighted at that dig at Kemi Badenock, suggesting she'd missed the Prime

Minister's U-turn the first time round.

When they stopped shouting for more, Kirstama said the government had stabilised the economy

at the budget.

We will look again, as I said two weeks ago, at the eligibility for winter fuel, and, of course,

we'll set out how we pay for it.

But because we've stabilised the economy, Mr Speaker, we on this side are committed to the

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