<p>State Pension Arrangements</p>

Part of 1. 1. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government – in the Senedd at 1:35 pm on 29 June 2016.

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Photo of Hefin David Hefin David Labour 1:35, 29 June 2016

You’ll be aware of the campaign group, WASPI, which is the Women Against State Pension Inequality, which is a group across Wales, and many will be in our constituencies, who fought these deeply unfair consequences of the Pensions Act 2011. This legislation, as you say, has left tens of thousands of women out of pocket, born after 6 April 1951. The official figure I’ve seen is £12,000, although I met constituents Janet Davies and Julie Peach last week, and they said that it was up to £38,000 that they would personally be out of pocket. My colleague Vikki Howells had a statement of opinion, which was signed by cross-party Members, although notably not by any Conservative Members. Will you join my constituents and agree to continue to campaign—I’m pleased you did—and call directly, by writing, on the UK Government to introduce fair arrangements?