Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Peter Heaton-Jones and Caroline Dinenage

Thursday 12th October 2017 Commons Chamber

[Caroline Dinenage]

The Government have already introduced transitional arrangements at a cost of £1.1 billion. The cost of reversing the Acts would be in excess of £70 billion and create an inequality between women and men.

[Peter Heaton-Jones (North Devon) (Con)]

What is the Minister’s view of any proposal to change legislation that would then favour women as opposed to men in pensions legislation?

[Caroline Dinenage]

I thank my hon. Friend for that question. I am not a legal professional, but I think that any amendment to the current legislation that creates a new inequality between men and women would unquestionably be highly dubious as a matter of law.