Transitional State Pension Arrangements for Women Debate

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Kirsten Oswald

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Transitional State Pension Arrangements for Women

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Tue 2nd Feb 2016
Westminster Hall
Monday 1st February 2016

(8 years, 3 months ago)

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Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

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Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

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I will make a little progress first.

I agree with the WASPI campaign that it is clear that more should and could have been done on communication and that a lot of women have had a lot of difficulty as a result of that failure in communication. As I have said, there is still the philosophical question to address. What matters now is whether lessons have been learned by everybody involved and whether changes will be made that help people in future. So long as longevity projections continue to move upwards, the likelihood must be that the state pension age will also move upwards.

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