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Pensions Reform

Proceeding contribution from Ian Davidson (Labour) in the House of Commons on Thursday, 25 May 2006. It occurred during Ministerial statement on Pensions Reform.
I question the fairness of raising the retirement age. The average life expectancy for a man in my constituency is 69. If we raise the retirement age to 68, the average male in my constituency will have the equivalent of a gap year between retirement and death, whereas in other parts of the country the gap is a decade or more. Will my right hon. Friend assure me that steps will be taken, in parallel with raising the retirement age, to ensure that efforts are made to raise life expectancy in constituencies such as mine?
Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
446 c1666 
Session
2005-06
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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