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Debate between Maria Miller and Chris Williamson
Monday 22nd November 2010

(13 years, 12 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Maria Miller Portrait Maria Miller
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As my hon. Friend knows, we are undertaking a thorough review of the assessment process concerning DLA. Those are just the sort of issues that we will be looking at in detail.

Chris Williamson Portrait Chris Williamson (Derby North) (Lab)
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Does the Secretary of State accept that the Government’s plans to accelerate the increase in pension age will come as a cruel blow to a whole generation of women in this country, because the financial reality of motherhood and family life makes it much harder for many women to build up a pension comparable to those of men? What provision is being made for women aged 54 to 59?