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Pensions Bill

I, too, support the amendment. The Minister may tell us that everything is already covered but it sounds from what the noble Baroness, Lady Hollis, has said that unless we insert something like Amendment No. 4 into the Bill there will be loopholes. The Equal Opportunities briefing says—as we would recognise from our experience—that something like 15,000 women and 5,000 men are likely to be in this dual situation. Therefore, yet again we see the unequal lives that women lead compared to men, with regard to caring and dependency ratios. I would welcome the knowledge that this amendment is unnecessary, these matters are already catered for and none of these women will miss out, but at the moment the low earnings limit puts them at a disadvantage. I look forward to the Minister’s response.