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State Pension Age: Women

Proceeding contribution from Tonia Antoniazzi (Labour) in the House of Commons on Thursday, 31 January 2019. It occurred during Adjournment debate on State Pension Age: Women.

My hon. Friend is absolutely spot on. Loneliness and mobility are big issues for all people. I feel very strongly about loneliness in particular. Women need to be mobile, whether to continue work or to achieve further training. As my hon. Friend points out, if that is the case in Manchester, it should also be the case in the west midlands.

As I have said, the campaign is about not scrapping the equalisation of the state pension age, but the way in which changes were implemented. It was unfair, and women are now suffering. Letters about pension age changes were only sent out 14 years after the Pensions Act 1995. Those 14 years would have allowed women to make alternative plans. Having a year’s notice or five years’ notice—

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
653 c1063 
Session
2017-19
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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