I welcome the opportunity to speak on behalf of the Welsh Labour Government. I thank the movers of this motion for putting forward this debate today. It highlights the issues faced by thousands of women in Wales who were born in the 1950s who've had their state pension age raised without effective or sufficient notification, as we've heard about this afternoon. We believe that, in fact, Helen Mary, it amounts to 195,000 women in Wales. I can say today that we support this motion in full.

Although pension matters aren't devolved, the Welsh Government has made strong representations about the impact of the pensions Acts of 1995 and 2011 disproportionately affecting women who've had their state pension age raised significantly without effective or sufficient notification. The Welsh Government has written to the UK Government to raise our concerns about the impact of the increase in the state pension age and we'll continue to make those representations, strengthened by the debate today, to the UK Ministers who remain responsible for these matters.

The poor and untimely communication to those women most disproportionately impacted by the changes is unforgivable, and it's been clearly highlighted in the debate today. We know women affected by the changes are now enduring hardship and poverty as a result of changes that they knew nothing about, as Members have said today.