There are a number of points to be made, and I will try to address them. There are two key issues to look at: life expectancy as a nation, as assessed by the Office for National Statistics or reviewed independently by John Cridland, and healthy life expectancy. In terms of general life expectancy, after the second world war, a girl born was expected to live to 81 years and a boy to 77 years. By 2019, those figures had increased by more than 10 years for newly born girls and by more than 12 years for boys, to 92 and 89 years respectively. The hon. Lady made a point about healthy life expectancy.
State Pension Age: Women
Proceeding contribution from
Guy Opperman
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Thursday, 31 January 2019.
It occurred during Adjournment debate on State Pension Age: Women.
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