John Bercow
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(8 years, 11 months ago)
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Mr Speaker
Order. The shadow Chief Secretary must begin her speech at 6.40, but the hon. Gentleman can speak briefly now.
Ian Blackford
(Ross, Skye and Lochaber) (SNP): I want to raise, very briefly, the issue of unfairness to women and pensioners. Today, at the Institute for Government, the former Pensions Minister said,
“we made a bad decision”,
referring to state pension age rises. I think that many of us would agree with that statement, especially in the light of previous pension age changes which allowed a transition period of 15 years. Women are being penalised by the fact that the period is only five years for the current changes. Will the Government urgently recognise that this is a wrong that must be righted? Women must be protected. The Government must act now.
Mr Speaker
Splendid succinctness by the hon. Gentleman, upon which he is to be congratulated.