Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Dave Doogan (Scottish National Party), on Monday, 17 July 2023, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 33 members in total.

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Access to State Pension for people diagnosed with a terminal illness

That this House notes that those with terminal illnesses cannot currently access their State Pension until retirement age; recognises that this is the case even for individuals who have made full National Insurance contributions; acknowledges that poverty rates are disproportionately high amongst the terminally ill; commends research by Loughborough University showing that granting State Pensions to this group would almost halve the rate of poverty within this cohort while costing only £144 million per year, just 0.1% of the annual State Pension bill; and calls on the Government to allow early access to State Pensions for people diagnosed with a terminal illness.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1473 

Session

2022-23

Other sponsors

John McDonnell

Martin Docherty-Hughes

Marion Fellows

Claire Hanna

Kenny MacAskill

Subjects

State retirement pensions Terminal illnesses

Link

View this Early day motion on edm.parliament.uk