State Pension Inequality for Women APPG
First Registered: 03/06/2016 • Last updated on: 06/10/2021
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To provide a cross-party forum in which to hold the government to account on the issue of transitional arrangements to compensate 1950's-born women who are affected by changes to the state pension age and to campaign on issues around the state pension age.
1. Communication of changes to the state pension age for 1950s-born women
06/09/2021 - Early Day Motions
Found: Service Ombudsman's report entitled Women's State Pension Age: our findings on the Department for Work
2. Women Against State Pension Inequality
14/10/2019 - Early Day Motions
Found: financially support women worst affected by the accelerated increase in the state pension age introduced through
3. Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman’s report on women's state pension age
22/07/2021 - Early Day Motions
Found: Health Service Ombudsman’s report titled Women’s State Pension age: our findings on the Department for Work
4. Increases in the State Pension age for women born in the 1950s
09/09/2019 - Parliamentary Research
Found: Number CBP-7405, 9 September 2019 State Pension age increases for women born in the 1950s By Djuna Thurley;
5. Midland Clawback Campaign - written evidence
16/05/2018 - Inquiry: Defined benefit pensions white paper inquiry - Work and Pensions Committee
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Found: Pensions Regulator and aspects of Defined Benefit Pension Schemes and particularly those that surround underfunding
1. Gender Pension Gap
19/04/2021 - Commons Chamber
1: have secured this important debate on the gender pension gap, which stands at a shameful 40.3%—more than - Speech Link
2. Social Security (Up-rating of Benefits) Bill
01/10/2020 - Commons Chamber
1: Excellent.Clause 1UP-RATING OF STATE PENSION AND CERTAIN OTHER BENEFITS FOLLOWING REVIEW - Speech Link
2: move amendment 1, page 1, line 10, leave out from “State” to the end of line 15 and insert—“shall - Speech Link
3: in the form of the draft until the Secretary of State has laid before Parliament a report containing an - Speech Link
3. State Pension Age: Women
31/01/2019 - Commons Chamber
1: again to raise the ongoing issue of state pension inequality for women born in the 1950s. I thank Mr Speaker - Speech Link
2: political process? The WASPI women—the Women Against State Pension Inequality Campaign—should not have to - Speech Link
3: proficient and active on this case. With 5,800 women in my constituency being out of pocket, many of - Speech Link
4. Bus Passes: 1950s-born Women
30/10/2019 - Westminster Hall
1: this House has considered bus passes for 1950s women.Thank you very much for chairing the debate - Speech Link
2: difference to a lot of WASPI women—Women Against State Pension Inequality? The reality, however, is that - Speech Link
3: intervention. As I understand it, a number of WASPI women or women born in the early 1950s have submitted complaints - Speech Link
5. State Pension: Women born in the 1950s
22/11/2018 - Westminster Hall
1: That this House has considered state pension equalisation for women born in the 1950s.I stand - Speech Link
asked by: Philip Davies
19/03/2020
... if she will meet with the WASPI campaign group once the Court of Appeal proceedings are over. 2. Women against State Pension Inequality
asked by: Roger Godsiff
26/11/2018
... whether her Department plans to accept recommendations made by the Ombudsman's investigation into complaints regarding WASPI. 3. Women against State Pension Inequality
asked by: Catherine McKinnell
10/09/2018
... whether she plans to meet with representatives of the WASPI campaign in the future. 4. Women against State Pension Inequality
asked by: Gavin Newlands
16/07/2018
... when she last met with representatives of WASPI women. 5. Women against State Pension Inequality
asked by: David Linden
09/10/2017
... on what date he will next meet with representatives of the Women Against State Pension Inequality campaign.
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7 Current APPG Officers
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Gavin Newlands
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Paisley and Renfrewshire North
Joined: 15th February 2017American Football , Connected and Automated Mobility , Domestic Violence and Abuse , Electric Vehicles , Esports , Golf , Greenland , Infant Feeding and Inequalities , Light Rail , Perpetrators of Domestic Abuse , Single Parent Families , Snooker , Tennis , Terminal Illness
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Andrew Gwynne MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 4708.
Email: gwynnea@parliament.uk
Benefits in Kind
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GMB Wales South West Region
Funding received via Campaign Collective for a consultation exercise being managed by the latter for the APPG
£1,501
5 Dec 2017
USDAW Head Office
Funding received via Campaign Collective for a consultation exercise being managed by the latter for the APPG
£1,501
No direct financial benefits are on record for the State Pension Inequality for Women APPG
Former APPG Officers
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Carolyn Harris
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Swansea East
Joined: 3rd June 2016Departed: 10th March 2021
Tim Loughton
Co-Chair
Conservative - East Worthing and Shoreham
Joined: 3rd June 2016Departed: 10th March 2021
Adoption and Permanence , Ageing and Older People , Archaeology , Armenia , Austria , British Museum , Children , Coastal Communities , Conception to Age Two - First 1001 Days , Dark Skies , Ethiopia and Djibouti , Fatherhood , Hockey , Kinship Care , Looked After Children and Care Leavers , Menopause , Mindfulness , Oman , Photography , Refugees , Switzerland , Tennis , Tibet , Wellbeing Economics , Wine of Great Britain , Yemen
Richard Thomson
Officer
Scottish National Party - Gordon
Joined: 24th February 2020Departed: 10th March 2021
Stephen Flynn
Officer
Scottish National Party - Aberdeen South
Joined: 24th February 2020Departed: 10th March 2021
Beauty, Aesthetics and Wellbeing , Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the UK (CANZUK) , Coalfield Communities , Farming , Financial Resilience , Infant Feeding and Inequalities , Media , Music Education , Ovarian Cancer , Perpetrators of Domestic Abuse , Social Enterprise , Water , Women and Work , Wrestling
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Olivia Blake
Officer
Labour - Sheffield, Hallam
Joined: 24th February 2020Departed: 10th March 2021
Bermuda , Caribbean , China , Coalfield Communities , Consumer Protection , Debt and Personal Finance , Hormone Pregnancy Tests , Legal Aid , Mortgage Prisoners , Online and Home Electrical Safety , Pension Clawback , Respiratory Health , Rugby League , Singapore , Tunisia , United Arab Emirates
Paula Barker
Officer
Labour - Liverpool, Wavertree
Joined: 24th February 2020Departed: 10th March 2021
Beer , Boxing , Cuba , Domestic Violence and Abuse , Hydrogen , Liverpool City Region
Tommy Sheppard
Officer
Scottish National Party - Edinburgh East
Joined: 24th February 2020Departed: 10th March 2021
Chalk Streams , Council Housing , Cricket , Cuba , Darts , East of England , Events , Football , Football Supporters , Hospitality and Tourism , Kashmir , Local Government , Oracy , Period Equality , Pubs , Renters and Rental Reform , Showing Racism the Red Card , Sixth Form Education , Special Educational Needs and Disabilities , Vascular and Venous Disease , Veterans , Water, Sanitation and Hygiene , Western Sahara , Yemen , Youth Affairs , Zimbabwe
Kieran Mullan
Officer
Conservative - Crewe and Nantwich
Joined: 24th February 2020Departed: 10th March 2021
Kim Johnson
Officer
Labour - Liverpool, Riverside
Joined: 24th February 2020Departed: 10th March 2021
Africa , Apprenticeships , Boxing , Business Travel , Caribbean , Creative Diversity , Cuba , Domestic Violence and Abuse , Housing in the North , Liverpool City Region , Museums , Northern Powerhouse , Palestine , Performers' Alliance , Race Equality in Education , Thalidomide , Western Sahara , Zimbabwe
Sally-Ann Hart
Officer
Conservative - Hastings and Rye
Joined: 24th February 2020Departed: 10th March 2021
Almshouses , Childhood Trauma , Coastal Communities , Conception to Age Two - First 1001 Days , Dying Well , Homelessness , Hospice and End of Life Care , Hospitality and Tourism , Housing and Social Mobility , Independent Education , International Conservation , School Exclusions and Alternative Provision , South East , Special Educational Needs and Disabilities
Douglas Chapman
Officer
Scottish National Party - Dunfermline and West Fife
Joined: 24th February 2020Departed: 10th March 2021
Arctic and Nordic Councils , Catalonia , Denmark , Energy Studies , France , Hydrogen , Photonics and Quantum , Russia , Singapore , Town Centres
Jack Dromey
Officer
Labour - Birmingham, Erdington
Joined: 24th February 2020Departed: 10th March 2021
22q11 Syndrome , Aerospace , Ceramics , Council Housing , Cyprus , Environment , Hormone Pregnancy Tests , Hospice and End of Life Care , Ireland and the Irish in Britain , Manufacturing , Motor , Nursery Schools, Nursery and Reception Classes , Special Educational Needs and Disabilities , Trade and Export Promotion , West Midlands
Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Business Owners , Cancer , Cricket , Cuba , India , Indo-Pacific , Tibet , Western Sahara , Woods and Trees , Zimbabwe
Afghanistan , British Overseas Territories , Falkland Islands , Liverpool City Region , Mountaineering , Veterans
Stuart C McDonald
Officer
Scottish National Party - Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
Joined: 24th February 2020Departed: 10th March 2021
Chris Stephens
Officer
Scottish National Party - Glasgow South West
Joined: 24th February 2020Departed: 10th March 2021
Rosie Winterton
Officer
Labour - Doncaster Central
Joined: 24th February 2020Departed: 10th March 2021
'Left Behind' Neighbourhoods , Apprenticeships , Choice at the End of Life , Health , Ireland and the Irish in Britain , Osteoporosis and Bone Health , Small Island Developing States , Social Mobility , Suicide and Self-Harm Prevention , Timber Industries , Trailer and Towing Safety , Union , Women and Enterprise
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Caroline Lucas
Officer
Green Party - Brighton, Pavilion
Joined: 3rd June 2016Departed: 10th March 2021
Choice at the End of Life , Citizens Rights , Climate Change , Compassionate Politics , Coronavirus , Dark Skies , Deliberative Democracy , Domestic Violence and Abuse , Drones and Modern Conflict , Drug Policy Reform , Electoral Campaigning Transparency , Fuel Poverty and Energy Efficiency , Future Generations , Gaps in Support , Green New Deal , Land Value Capture , Limits to Growth , Mindfulness , Ocean Conservation , Refugees , Renewable and Sustainable Energy , Sixth Form Education , South East , Southern Rail , Students , Trade Justice , United Nations Women , Votes at 16 , West Papua , Women in Parliament
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Christine Jardine
Officer
Liberal Democrat - Edinburgh West
Joined: 24th February 2020Departed: 10th March 2021
China , Choice at the End of Life , Cyprus , Hong Kong , Hospitality and Tourism , Immigration Detention , Marine Energy , Media , Medical Cannabis under Prescription , Motor Neurone Disease , Perpetrators of Domestic Abuse , Small and Micro Business , Union , United Nations Women , Women in Parliament
Flick Drummond
Officer
Conservative - Meon Valley
Joined: 24th February 2020Departed: 10th March 2021
Coalfield Communities , Greece , Internet, Communications and Technology , Japan , Pensions , Rail in Wales , Rwanda , Small Island Developing States , Social Media , Trade and Export Promotion , Wales in the World
Mhairi Black
Vice-Chair
Scottish National Party - Paisley and Renfrewshire South
Joined: 3rd June 2016Departed: 5th November 2019
Baroness Burt of Solihull
Vice-Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 28th September 2017Departed: 5th November 2019
Julie Elliott
Vice-Chair
Labour - Sunderland Central
Joined: 28th September 2017Departed: 5th November 2019
Broadband and Digital Communication , Channel 4 , Children's Media and the Arts , Data Poverty , Digital Skills , Eating Disorders , Energy Costs , Energy Studies , Fit and Healthy Childhood , Human Microbiome , Infant Feeding and Inequalities , Libya , Northern Culture , Northern Powerhouse , Palestine , United Nations Women , Visual Arts , Women in Parliament , Writers
Louise Haigh
Vice-Chair
Labour - Sheffield, Heeley
Joined: 28th September 2017Departed: 5th November 2019
Scott Mann
Vice-Chair
Conservative - North Cornwall
Joined: 3rd June 2016Departed: 5th November 2019
Catherine McKinnell
Vice-Chair
Labour - Newcastle upon Tyne North
Joined: 3rd June 2016Departed: 5th November 2019
Anti-Corruption and Responsible Tax , Antisemitism , Apprenticeships , CAFOD , East Coast Main Line , Food Banks , Hospice and End of Life Care , Kinship Care , Multiple Sclerosis , Northern Powerhouse , One Punch Assaults , Sustainable Aviation , Transport Across the North , United Nations Women
Liz McInnes
Vice-Chair
Labour - Former Member for Heywood and Middleton
Joined: 3rd June 2016Departed: 5th November 2019
Alan Brown
Vice-Chair
Scottish National Party - Kilmarnock and Loudoun
Joined: 3rd June 2016Departed: 5th November 2019
Beer , British Bioethanol , Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage , Chagos (British Indian Ocean Territory) , Climate Change , Energy Costs , Energy Security , Energy Studies , Infrastructure , Intelligent Energy , Marine Energy , Renewable and Sustainable Energy , Western Sahara , Wood Panel Industry
Angela Crawley
Vice-Chair
Scottish National Party - Lanark and Hamilton East
Joined: 3rd June 2016Departed: 5th November 2019
Arctic and Nordic Councils , Unconscious Bias , United Nations Women , Women in Parliament
Baroness Bakewell
Vice-Chair
Joined: 3rd June 2016Departed: 5th November 2019
Autism , Children , Children who need Palliative Care , Dark Skies , Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
Marion Fellows
Vice-Chair
Scottish National Party - Motherwell and Wishaw
Joined: 2nd January 2019Departed: 5th November 2019
Alternative Lending , Autism , Boys' Brigade , Fairs and Showgrounds , Financial Education for Young People , Food Banks , Global Education , Italy , Oracy , Poland , Post Offices , Steel and Metal Related Industries , Stem Cell Transplantation and Advanced Cellular Therapies , Tibet , Unconscious Bias , United Nations Women
Stephen Lloyd
Vice-Chair
Liberal Democrat - Former Member for Eastbourne
Joined: 2nd January 2019Departed: 5th November 2019
Danny Kinahan
Co-Chair
Ulster Unionist Party - Former Member for South Antrim
Joined: 3rd June 2016Departed: 2nd May 2017
Mark Durkan
Co-Chair
Social Democratic & Labour Party - Former Member for Foyle
Joined: 3rd June 2016Departed: 2nd May 2017
Barbara Keeley
Vice Chair
Labour - Worsley and Eccles South
Joined: 3rd June 2016Departed: 2nd May 2017
Ian Blackford
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Ross, Skye and Lochaber
Joined: 3rd June 2016Departed: 2nd May 2017
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