WOMEN AND PENSIONS

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That this House is very concerned about the number of female pensioners living in poverty; notes that the savings credit element of pension credit does not help women who have incomplete national insurance contributions; is dismayed at the lack of Government proposals to help female pensioners in the Pensions Act 2004; notes that increasing the basic state pension in line with earnings not prices to reverse the spread of means-testing would provide real improvements to the income of female pensioners who do not claim pension credit; and calls on Ministers to consider the plight of poorer female pensioners when considering further reforms to either state or private pensions.