State Pension Age

Alison Thewliss Excerpts
Wednesday 2nd March 2016

(8 years, 2 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Iain Duncan Smith Portrait Mr Duncan Smith
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That is a fact. Many of our neighbours have already equalised pensionable ages and are accelerating the move to a later pensionable age ahead of us. Germany, Norway and various other countries around the world have done so, and it is only right that we should do so as well. Otherwise, we will place a burden on our children and our children’s children, who will not thank us for not taking the brave decisions that are necessary.

Alison Thewliss Portrait Alison Thewliss (Glasgow Central) (SNP)
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I am 33. Will the Secretary of State tell me and others in my age cohort the age at which we will be entitled to retire?