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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 19 Apr 2021
Gender Pension Gap

"I am delighted to have secured this important debate on the gender pension gap, which stands at a shameful 40.3%—more than double the gender pay gap of 17.3%. That is truly shocking, and I hope that the debate will both highlight this terrible inequality and perhaps persuade the UK Government …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 19 Apr 2021
Gender Pension Gap

"Absolutely. I know that the Minister will be listening intently, and I hope he will take away the reasonable and straightforward suggestions that I will make this evening, so that we can truly level up in the way that the Government say they want to.

Women born in the 1950s—WASPI …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 19 Apr 2021
Gender Pension Gap

"The hon. Gentleman is absolutely right. It is impossible, in all conscience, to have any debate about pensions and not mention the plight and difficulties into which the WASPI women have been thrust. Indeed, it would be remiss not to mention them and to pay tribute to the dignified campaign …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 19 Apr 2021
Gender Pension Gap

"While the Minister is talking about auto-enrolment, will he say whether he has any concerns about the issue I outlined about the employer using the net pay basis, instead of the relief at source scheme, so that tax relief can be earned?..."
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Written Question
Carer's Allowance
Tuesday 2nd March 2021

Asked by: Patricia Gibson (Scottish National Party - North Ayrshire and Arran)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of introducing a £20 a week supplement to carers with an entitlement to Carer’s Allowance.

Answered by Justin Tomlinson

I refer the Hon Member to the answer I gave on the 24th February 2021 to question number 155395.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 25 Jan 2021
Oral Answers to Questions

" What recent assessment she has made of trends in levels of poverty. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 25 Jan 2021
Oral Answers to Questions

"Unless the universal credit and working tax credit uplift is made permanent, a further 60,000 people in Scotland, including 20,000 children, will be pushed into poverty. If this support is not extended beyond March, and if tackling poverty is a priority for the Secretary of State’s Government, as she says, …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 30 Nov 2020
Oral Answers to Questions

" What assessment she has made of the implications for her Department’s policies of the spending review 2020. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 30 Nov 2020
Oral Answers to Questions

"The Chancellor could have made the £20 uplift to universal credit permanent, but instead he has left households deeply concerned as they face the prospect of a cut to this vital lifeline in spring. We in the Scottish National party have pressed UK Ministers on this matter countless times. Will …..."
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Written Question
Pensions: Windrush Generation
Tuesday 8th September 2020

Asked by: Patricia Gibson (Scottish National Party - North Ayrshire and Arran)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions she has had with the Home Secretary on the effect of her Department's frozen overseas pension policy on members of the Windrush generation.

Answered by Guy Opperman

The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions has regular discussions with Cabinet colleagues, including the Home Secretary, on a range of issues.