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Commissioner for Older People (Wales) Bill [HL]

I understand all the arguments in support of selecting the age of 60 as the qualifying age. It is, after all, the qualifying age for the receipt of so many services for the elderly. But it is noticeable that the age of 50 is the key year focused on in England in the Government document, Opportunity Age. That is because the main theme of the document, and of the Bill that is to follow it, is the employment of older people and the problems associated with it. I am never one to see Wales and the Welsh people disadvantaged and, when I see an obvious advantage in following England, I am not reluctant to do so. However, having listened to the Government’s argument, I am content to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.