Proceeding contribution from Baroness Hollis of Heigham (Labour) in the House of Lords on Monday, 31 October 2011. It occurred during Debate on bill on Pensions Bill.

Pensions Bill

There are 6 million carers and only about 500,000 of those qualify for carers’ allowance because of the very high hurdles: you have to care for at least 30 hours per week for one person in order to receive the carers’ allowance for somebody who is on middle or higher rate DLA. Those are very tough hurdles. Very many other women—hundreds of thousands—are, I know, actively caring in ways that do not permit them to be full time in the labour market or build a pension, but they do not meet those very high hurdles.

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Type: Proceeding contribution
Reference: 731 c993
Session: 2010-12
Chamber / Committee: House of Lords chamber
Subjects: Age Annuities Women Equality Insolvency Workplace pensions Pensions Consumer prices index Retail prices index State retirement pensions Retirement Occupational money purchase schemes
Legislation: Pensions Bill (HL) 2010-12
Link: View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk

Pensions Bill

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