State Pension: Women born in the 1950s
Debate between Alex Burghart and Peter Bone(6 years ago)
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Mr Peter Bone (in the Chair)
Order. Before the hon. Gentleman gives way, let me say that I am grateful to him for making brief remarks, which have gone on for more than 12 minutes.
Alex Burghart
I look to you, Chair, to know whether I am entitled to take any more interventions.
Mr Peter Bone (in the Chair)
The hon. Gentleman is entitled to go on for as long as he wants, but I would prefer him not to.
Alex Burghart
That makes two of us, Mr Bone.
The hon. Member for North Ayrshire and Arran did not talk much about the cost of reversing Government policy, which is a shame. I understand that the SNP has costed the reversal of the Pensions Act 2011 at £8 billion, but other experts see that as a vast underestimate. It would actually cost the taxpayer £30 billion or more. There is no doubt that the Scotland Act 2016 gives the Scottish Government the powers that they need to address the issue.