Pension Equality for Women

Debate between Grahame Morris and Alan Brown
Thursday 14th December 2017

(7 years, 3 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Grahame Morris Portrait Grahame Morris
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We need to address where we are now—[Interruption.] Well, the hon. Lady asked a question. Do we think that the change was wrong? I think that the 1995 changes were incorrect. Under the Pensions Act 2011, those changes—they were originally spread over a longer period—were expedited, and the former Pensions Minister, Steve Webb, has elaborated on that point.

Alan Brown Portrait Alan Brown (Kilmarnock and Loudoun) (SNP)
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I commend the hon. Gentleman for his speech. To clarify, the Pensions Act 1995 was introduced by a Tory Government, while the Pensions Act 2011 was put through by a Tory-Lib Dem coalition. Why the hon. Member for Mid Derbyshire (Mrs Latham) referred to Gordon Brown is a mystery.

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