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Written Question
State Retirement Pensions: Females
Wednesday 8th September 2021

Asked by: Johnny Mercer (Conservative - Plymouth, Moor View)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department plans to take in response to the findings of the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman's report, Women's State Pension age: our findings on the Department for Work and Pensions' communication of changes, printed on 19 July 2021, HC 444.

Answered by Guy Opperman

The Ombudsman’s investigation is ongoing and section 7(2) of the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967 states that Ombudsman investigations “shall be conducted in private”. It is not appropriate to comment on the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman's report of 19 July 2021 on stage 1 of their investigation.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 17 Oct 2018
Universal Credit

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 17 Oct 2018
Universal Credit

"I wrote a speech for today, but I am not going to stick to it. I must be honest: this place absolutely stinks today. This debate concerns some of our most vulnerable people. [Interruption.] I am sorry? If you want to make an intervention, make an intervention, do not just …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 17 Oct 2018
Universal Credit

"With the greatest of respect, I have listened, and nobody has said that; nobody believes that universal credit is perfect. People in this House can keep repeating this stuff—to make themselves believe it; to get a clip for social media so they can say they have had a rant at …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 17 Oct 2018
Universal Credit

"No, I will not give way to the hon. Gentleman. The other thing I will not accept in this House is the illusion that Conservative Members come to work to keep the poor poor and to feather their own nests. You gave the impression that nobody on the Conservative Benches …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 17 Oct 2018
Universal Credit

"I give way to the hon. Gentleman...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 17 Oct 2018
Universal Credit

"If any Member assumes that individuals on the Conservative Benches are driven by anything other than the evidence, they are seriously mistaken. I absolutely accept that there are groups in this sector working night and day that agree that we need to do more on things such as taper rates …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 17 Oct 2018
Universal Credit

"The hon. Gentleman will be as aware as I am that people in this country are absolutely sick of Labour and Conservative politicians blaming each other for the situation we are in. The legacy benefits system sapped the ambition of a generation of young people in cities such as mine …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 17 Oct 2018
Universal Credit

"No, I will not give way any more. I have been on my feet for far too long already.

We must be realistic. When it comes to the most vulnerable in our constituencies—I have plenty of them in Plymouth—the single biggest factor in improving their life chances, which should be …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 17 Oct 2018
Universal Credit

"No, I will not give way any more.

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