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HANSARDState Pension Age: WomenWhen people write to complain, their correspondence has to be recognised, responded to and acted on. It is an absolute disgrace if that is not happening.31 Jan 2019HANSARDState Pension Age: WomenI thank my hon. Friend for that comment. I completely agree with him. Can the Minister provide a rationale as to why the independent case examiner has closed these 2,505 cases,…31 Jan 2019HANSARDState Pension Age: WomenWe all know that not all aspects of state pension inequality are the same, which is why I was shocked by a letter from the Minister published yesterday by the Work and Pensions…31 Jan 2019HANSARDState Pension Age: WomenThis is a huge issue. Where do these people stand now? That is the problem. People are busy; they are working, looking after grandchildren and running around the place. We all…31 Jan 2019HANSARDState Pension Age: WomenI thank my hon. Friend for making that point, because it is true. When people are doing physical jobs that they have done all their lives but now have bad knees or a bad back and…31 Jan 2019HANSARDState Pension Age: WomenI thank the Minister for the personalised data for Swansea on life expectancy. While all of us will not disagree with the principle behind state pension equality, can we have an…31 Jan 2019HANSARDState Pension Age: WomenI am trying to get my head around this. The subject matter of the judicial review is not an issue of maladministration, so does the Minister not accept that there is no reason for…31 Jan 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseIs the Leader of the House aware of alarming reports that the Food Standards Agency is to restrict the supply of cannabidiol products in the UK? Any such move would risk the…31 Jan 2019HANSARDState Pension Age: WomenMy hon. Friend makes a good and compelling point that I shall talk about in a moment. The UN special rapporteur on poverty said that the 1950s women were just “ill-prepared” to…31 Jan 2019HANSARDState Pension Age: WomenOr even no notice at all—my hon. Friend took the works out of my mouth. That is just not acceptable and we have to keep fighting for change.31 Jan 2019HANSARDState Pension Age: WomenMy hon. Friend is absolutely spot on. Loneliness and mobility are big issues for all people. I feel very strongly about loneliness in particular. Women need to be mobile, whether…31 Jan 2019HANSARDState Pension Age: WomenI thank the hon. Gentleman for his contribution, as it reinforces my point that we are here to get the best for our constituents. The private Member’s Bill would go some way to…31 Jan 2019HANSARDState Pension Age: WomenI do agree, as I have been knocking on doors and met people who are in nursing and teaching, as I was. These people in physical jobs had planned to take retirement at the age of…31 Jan 2019HANSARDState Pension Age: WomenI thank the hon. Gentleman for his contribution. Gower has approximately 5,600 women in this position, so we are talking about a similar number. Before I came into the House, I…31 Jan 2019HANSARDState Pension Age: WomenThat is exactly the situation we are in, and it is really sad—it upsets me, and it is frustrating. My constituents ask me what is being done, where we are and what we are doing,…31 Jan 2019HANSARDState Pension Age: WomenI thank my hon. Friend for her contribution. As parliamentarians, we are all extremely frustrated. I believe that these issues need to be clearly and comprehensively addressed by…31 Jan 2019HANSARDState Pension Age: WomenI am grateful for the opportunity once again to raise the ongoing issue of state pension inequality for women born in the 1950s. I thank Mr Speaker for granting this debate in the…31 Jan 2019HANSARDState Pension Age: WomenI thank my hon. Friend for that intervention, because that is exactly the point. This is so wrong and we have to make sure that we do something about it. It is just unexplainable…31 Jan 2019HANSARDState Pension Age: WomenI thank my hon. Friend for her comments. That is exactly where we are, and it is just wrong. The Women and Equalities Committee commissioned—31 Jan 2019HANSARDState Pension Age: WomenIt would be a pleasure.31 Jan 2019