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Pensions Reform

I am grateful to my hon. Friend for that question. I obviously do not know the details of his mother’s circumstances, but I very much hope that she will benefit from the restoration of the earnings link and from the other reforms that we are making. Reforms to the contributory principle will take effect from 2010, and I am afraid that if my hon. Friend’s mother has reached retirement age by then—I suspect that she might have—she will not benefit, sadly, from that proposal.