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Raising of the Pension Age

Secondary information

Type

Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

507 c23-46WH 

Session

2009-10

Department

Department for Work and Pensions

Chamber / Committee

Westminster Hall

Proceeding contributions

Angela Eagle | 507 c32WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is making an interesting case for compulsion in saving. Automatic enrolment attem...

John Mason | 507 c32-3WH (Link to this contribution) At this stage, I am simply saying that we need to consider it. Other countries are certainly conside...

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Steve Webb | 507 c33WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the hon. Member for Leyton and Wanstead (Harry Cohen) on bringing this important issu...

Angela Eagle | 507 c37WH (Link to this contribution) Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

Angela Eagle | 507 c33WH (Link to this contribution) The change was in the Pensions Act 1995, and there was a lead-in time of 15 years.

Steve Webb | 507 c33-4WH (Link to this contribution) The Minister does not need to be quite so defensive. A Tory Government passed the legislation, so I ...

Harry Cohen | 507 c34WH (Link to this contribution) That is a very good point. Does the hon. Gentleman not think that if the Conservatives are looking t...

Steve Webb | 507 c34-7WH (Link to this contribution) That would be even more unreasonable given that at the moment, women's pension age will have reached...

Steve Webb | 507 c37WH (Link to this contribution) I have two specific ideas in mind. The first was the idea that I mentioned of exploring the role of ...

Steve Webb | 507 c37WH (Link to this contribution) I had just reached a beautiful conclusion, but never mind,. I give way to the Minister.

Angela Eagle | 507 c37WH (Link to this contribution) I am sorry to interrupt the hon. Gentleman's peroration. However, I was just wondering what sort of ...

John Mason | 507 c40WH (Link to this contribution) Is the hon. Gentleman suggesting that it is because of regulation that defined benefits schemes are ...

Greg Hands | 507 c39-40WH (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for that lengthy intervention. To correct her, our policy is to raise the pensi...

Angela Eagle | 507 c39WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman must admit that there is an issue with equality and the requirements in European ...

Greg Hands | 507 c38-9WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the hon. Member for Leyton and Wanstead (Harry Cohen) on securing this debate. I also...

Greg Hands | 507 c41WH (Link to this contribution) Thank you for your guidance, Mr. Bayley. We are calling for a review of the state pension age coupl...

Speaker | 507 c41WH (Link to this contribution) Order. The subject of this debate is raising the pension age. The hon. Gentleman should restrict his...

Greg Hands | 507 c40-1WH (Link to this contribution) Yes, partly. The excessive extra regulation piled on in that area is certainly part of it. I think t...

Angela Eagle | 507 c41WH (Link to this contribution) Parliament has legislated to re-link earnings and pensions within the lifetime of the next Parliamen...

Greg Hands | 507 c41WH (Link to this contribution) There is no inconsistency. We have said that we will restore the earnings link by the end of the nex...

Steve Webb | 507 c41WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is being generous in giving way. I believe he criticised me a moment ago for not ...

Angela Eagle | 507 c42-4WH (Link to this contribution) The debate has been revealing and interesting, and I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Leyt...

Greg Hands | 507 c41-2WH (Link to this contribution) Saying that we will review the provisions shows a clear intention. We have also talked about dates, ...

Greg Hands | 507 c44WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Lady's argument does not wash. Obviously, in a perfect world, we would want notification of...

Angela Eagle | 507 c45-6WH (Link to this contribution) We are in the middle of putting into effect the biggest landmark pension changes for probably 60 or ...

John Mason | 507 c45WH (Link to this contribution) I intervene on the Minister to raise the same point that she made when she intervened on me. She use...

Angela Eagle | 507 c44-5WH (Link to this contribution) I am afraid that the hon. Gentleman will have to stop believing his own myths about so-called raids ...

Harry Cohen | 507 c24WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman anticipates my speech. I have those very points to make but, as he will gather fr...

Greg Hands | 507 c24WH (Link to this contribution) May I set the record straight? That is not the position of the Conservative party. Our position is t...

Harry Cohen | 507 c23WH (Link to this contribution) First, may I thank Mr. Speaker for granting me this debate on the raising of the pension age? For v...

Bob Spink | 507 c23-4WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman will be aware that the Conservative party plans to accelerate the point at which ...

Angela Eagle | 507 c24WH (Link to this contribution) I will deal with the point about an unpromising start in my main response, but I want my hon. Friend...

Harry Cohen | 507 c24WH (Link to this contribution) I am not convinced and neither is the hon. Member for Castle Point (Bob Spink). We will explore the ...

Harry Cohen | 507 c24WH (Link to this contribution) I accept that that could be a minimum. Indeed, some occupational pension funds are very good and mig...

John Mason | 507 c24-5WH (Link to this contribution) To follow on from what the Minister said, individuals and companies are trying to cut their costs as...

Harry Cohen | 507 c25WH (Link to this contribution) That is certainly my fear. Many of the lowest paid workers, including those with a couple of part-t...

Greg Hands | 507 c25WH (Link to this contribution) May I reiterate the Conservative party's position? We have said:""We will hold a review into bringin...

Harry Cohen | 507 c25-6WH (Link to this contribution) No, because the hon. Gentleman's quote says that the Conservatives would be prepared to rush the ris...

Steve Webb | 507 c26WH (Link to this contribution) The shadow Chancellor has argued that the Conservatives will restore the earnings link by the end of...

Harry Cohen | 507 c26WH (Link to this contribution) That well-made point explains the situation. I think that the pension age will go up to 70 if the To...

Greg Hands | 507 c26WH (Link to this contribution) Will the hon. Gentleman just remind us which Government actually commissioned the Turner report?

Harry Cohen | 507 c26WH (Link to this contribution) We all know that it was a Labour Government. However, Lord Turner also said in his report:""Some peo...

Bob Spink | 507 c26WH (Link to this contribution) While the hon. Gentleman is reminiscing, will he remind us which Government broke the earnings link?...

Harry Cohen | 507 c26WH (Link to this contribution) Indeed. It was a Conservative Government. That cost pensioners enormous sums and increased pensioner...

Angela Eagle | 507 c26WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend mentioned the Turner report, which was not purely the property of Lord Turner himself...

Angela Eagle | 507 c31WH (Link to this contribution) The statistics might cast some light on this. They are clearly projections, and they have to be kept...

John Mason | 507 c31-2WH (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for that clarification. I have no problem with what she says. Again, the emphas...

Steve Webb | 507 c30WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is making a characteristically thoughtful speech. He will accept, I think, that t...

John Mason | 507 c30-1WH (Link to this contribution) Yes, but we need to be reasonable. However, there is broad acceptance. The hon. Member for Leyton an...

Harry Cohen | 507 c28-9WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman makes a good point, particularly about manual trades and people from lower income...

John Mason | 507 c29-30WH (Link to this contribution) I did not realise that I would be the only other Back Bencher to speak. I think I will probably take...

Harry Cohen | 507 c26-8WH (Link to this contribution) Yes—that is a good point. I am amazed by Lord Turner's change of stance; perhaps he is positioning h...

John Mason | 507 c28WH (Link to this contribution) I agree with the hon. Gentleman's points and I suspect that his constituency is a bit like mine. Wit...

Subjects

Age Employers' contributions Pensioners Low incomes Workplace pensions Pensions State retirement pensions Retirement Uprating Average earnings National employment savings trust scheme

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