Women’s State Pension Age

Diana Johnson Excerpts

Monday 25th March 2024 Commons Chamber

[Mel Stride]

With great respect to the right hon. Gentleman, that is just another version of the same question about timing, and I have given a very clear answer on that.

[Dame Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North) (Lab)]

I have heard many Ministers say from the Dispatch Box that they are working at pace, or that there will be no undue delay in dealing with scandals. This is a real opportunity for Parliament. The ombudsman laid this report before Parliament for a very good reason: he did not think that the Department for Work and Pensions would accept the recommendations on maladministration. If a Back Bencher tabled an amendment to a Government Bill that sought to implement the ombudsman’s recommendations, the Government would support it, wouldn’t they?

[Mel Stride]

It would be a little bit of a stretch to comment on, let alone support, an unknown amendment to an unknown Bill.