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HANSARDCost of Living: PensionersAll pensioner households are in the process of receiving an extra £300 to help them cover the rising cost of energy this winter. For those in receipt of pension credit, the second…05 Dec 2022HANSARDState Pension Age: Women Born on or after 6 April 1950As the hon. Lady knows, the investigation is ongoing, so it would not be appropriate to take any further steps at this stage.05 Dec 2022HANSARD Draft Pensions Dashboards Regulations 2022I am grateful for both Opposition parties’ support for these important regulations. I will write to the hon. Member for Reading East on some of the specifics, but will just cover…15 Nov 2022HANSARD Draft Pensions Dashboards Regulations 2022I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Pensions Dashboards Regulations 2022. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Murray. The regulations…15 Nov 2022HANSARD Draft Pensions Dashboards Regulations 2022I thank my hon. Friend for his intervention. The standards will be consulted on by MaPS and the FCA, but it is absolutely intended that they will be as user friendly as possible.…15 Nov 2022HANSARDState Pension Triple LockWe absolutely recognise that this is a very difficult time for pensioners. That is why we put a substantial package of support in place, which I will come on to later. The…08 Nov 2022HANSARDState Pension Triple LockWe have been absolutely clear about our record since 2010. I have been clear that I cannot pre-empt the decisions of the Secretary of State. The point is that we on the Government…08 Nov 2022HANSARDState Pension Triple LockMy hon. Friend, on this as with so many other things, is absolutely right. I will make some progress now on my speech. At the heart of the 2016 reforms we made to the state…08 Nov 2022HANSARDState Pension Triple LockI will make a bit of progress and then come back to the hon. Gentleman. Pension credit was raised by a number of Members, including the hon. Member for Kilmarnock and Loudoun…08 Nov 2022HANSARDState Pension Triple LockI am sorry, but as I said, I will make some progress. Under the state pension, outcomes are projected to equalise for men and women by the early 2040s, more than a decade earlier…08 Nov 2022HANSARDState Pension Triple LockBut it was not implemented under the Labour Government. In 2012, 40% of eligible women working in the private sector participated in a workplace pension. As of 2021, that had…08 Nov 2022HANSARDState Pension Triple LockI will make a bit of progress; I have been quite generous on interventions. We know that the coming months will be tough for everyone, but especially for pensioners. I thank all…08 Nov 2022HANSARDState Pension Triple LockI am just going to make some progress, I am sorry. That means women no longer need to rely on the pension contributions of their husbands, and it is more generous to those who…08 Nov 2022HANSARDState Pension Triple LockThat does not include the energy price guarantee. As the Secretary of State set out to the House and as I said at the start of my speech, we cannot pre-empt the fiscal statement,…08 Nov 2022HANSARDState Pension Triple LockI thank all hon. Members for their valuable contributions to the debate. Since 2010, pensioner incomes have gone up, absolute pensioner poverty has gone down and we have corrected…08 Nov 2022HANSARDOffice for Nuclear Regulation Annual Report and Accounts 2021-22My hon. Friend, the Under-Secretary of State, Department for Work and Pensions (the Baroness Stedman-Scott), has made the following written statement. Later today I will lay…03 Nov 2022HANSARDCost of Living Crisis: Support for PensionersI applaud the hon. Gentleman for the work he is doing in his constituency. This is an incredibly important matter; seven out of 10 people who are entitled to pension credit claim…31 Oct 2022HANSARDWomen’s State Pension Age: Additional SupportI am sorry to disappoint the hon. Gentleman but I must repeat that I cannot comment where there is an ongoing investigation.31 Oct 2022HANSARDWomen’s State Pension Age: Additional SupportI thank the right hon. Gentleman for his question and understand where he is coming from, but there is an ongoing investigation so it would be inappropriate for me to meet people…31 Oct 2022HANSARDCost of Living Crisis: Support for PensionersI completely understand my right hon. Friend’s question. However, that is a matter for the autumn statement, and I would not want to pre-empt that.31 Oct 2022