State Pension Age Debate

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European Union Referendum (Date of Referendum etc.) Regulations 2016
Wednesday 2nd March 2016

(8 years, 8 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Baroness Altmann Portrait Baroness Altmann
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The noble Baroness raises relevant points. I stress again that the review is not just about raising the state pension age but about considering the appropriate way to run state pension age policy. I encourage her to raise those issues with the reviewer.

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Did the Minister approve the wording of the press release that has been referred to, with the word “immediacy” in it?

Baroness Altmann Portrait Baroness Altmann
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My Lords, the press release has been compiled by the department and the wording of the release has, of course, been approved.

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