My hon. Friend speaks with considerable authority on the firefighters’ situation, but is he as surprised as I was to hear that increases in longevity have meant that the average policewoman now spends more of her life drawing her pension than she did earning it, which is surely unsustainable? That situation will pertain to male police officers in a few years’ time if nothing is done about the retirement age.
Public Service Pensions Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Margot James
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 29 October 2012.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Public Service Pensions Bill.
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