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HANSARDWomen’s State Pension Age: Ombudsman ReportI agree that we need to get on and resolve this issue after a very long period. The ombudsman suggested a remedy based on level 4 of its severity of injustice scale, given the…16 May 2024HANSARDWomen’s State Pension Age: Ombudsman ReportI would hope quite quickly, and I will explain why. The payments involved would be adjusted within a range, based on the ombudsman’s severity of injustice scale. It would depend…16 May 2024HANSARDWomen’s State Pension Age: Ombudsman ReportI agree, and I will come to that point when I talk about the Select Committee’s discussions last week. It is worth adding that the problems caused by that maladministration were…16 May 2024HANSARDWomen’s State Pension Age: Ombudsman ReportThe right hon. Gentleman has echoed a number of the points that the ombudsman has drawn to our attention, but I think we should be clear about the fact that a great many people…16 May 2024HANSARDWomen’s State Pension Age: Ombudsman ReportI thank the Backbench Business Committee for giving us the opportunity for this debate, and I thank the hon. Member for North Ayrshire and Arran (Patricia Gibson) for opening it.…16 May 2024HANSARDWomen’s State Pension Age: Ombudsman ReportI agree. The Government have said that they will respond without “undue delay”, and that they are considering the report in detail. Can the Minister tell the House this afternoon…16 May 2024HANSARDJob Vacancies: St Austell and NewquayOne helpful change would be to extend access to employment support to economically inactive people in St Austell and Newquay who are not claiming benefits and do not have access…13 May 2024HANSARDPalestinians: Visa SchemeI agree with what the hon. and learned Lady is saying. Does she acknowledge the point made by my hon. Friend the Member for Lancaster and Fleetwood (Cat Smith) in opening this…13 May 2024HANSARD Free School MealsI, too, am very pleased to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Betts. I congratulate the hon. Member for Twickenham (Munira Wilson) on securing this very welcome debate. In 2022-23,…07 May 2024HANSARD Free School MealsHas the Minister thought about the prospect of uprating that £7,400-a-year income threshold for eligibility for free school meals?07 May 2024HANSARD Free School Mealsrose—07 May 2024HANSARD Pension SchemesI thank the Minister for the attention that he is paying to the recommendations in our report. On the auto-enrolment review recommendations, does he envisage the consultation on…02 May 2024HANSARD Pension SchemesI welcome the debate, and congratulate the right hon. Member for Orkney and Shetland (Mr Carmichael) on securing it at a time when a lot is happening in pensions policy. I will…02 May 2024HANSARD Pension SchemesThe right hon. Gentleman is quite right. We have noted a bit of a move towards sole trustees in a number of cases, which clearly gives rise to concerns about how one person can…02 May 2024HANSARD Pension SchemesThe right hon. Gentleman makes a very fair point. That is certainly a very long-running case, and the Select Committee has recently been looking at a notable pension scam case—the…02 May 2024HANSARDAssisted DyingI very much welcome the thoughtful and sensitive way in which my hon. Friend the Member for Gower (Tonia Antoniazzi) opened the debate. I agree with her and others that we need…29 Apr 2024HANSARDHealth and Disability ReformPIP assessment providers confirm that worsening delays in NHS treatment are a big factor in the increase in the number of people applying for PIP. The Secretary of State has…29 Apr 2024HANSARDAssisted DyingI very much agree with my right hon. Friend that it is a bleak view, but it is supported by what we have seen happening elsewhere around the world. Unfortunately, I think it would…29 Apr 2024HANSARD Buckland Review of Autism EmploymentI am very pleased to follow the right hon. and learned Member for South Swindon (Sir Robert Buckland); I congratulate him on securing this debate and on the report, which makes a…25 Apr 2024HANSARD Buckland Review of Autism EmploymentAs the Minister heard, the right hon. and learned Gentleman suggested a few minutes ago that there should be a target for raising the level of employment among autistic people at…25 Apr 2024