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Debate between Ian Byrne and Laura Trott
Monday 24th April 2023
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Ian Byrne (Liverpool, West Derby) (Lab)
Some 5,260 women in Liverpool, West Derby have been affected by the changes made to the women’s state pension age, and many have contacted me about the devastating impact it has had on their lives. What consideration has the Minister given to early-day motion 1040 by my right hon. Friend the Member for Knowsley (Sir George Howarth), which calls for an alternative dispute resolution process, including representatives of the 3.8 million women affected, to address the injustices they have been through?
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Laura Trott)
The hon. Gentleman will know that state pension age equalisation has been the policy of successive Governments since 1995.