Clause 1
Pensions Bill
12:15 pm
Lorely Burt (Shadow Minister (Small Business), Trade & Industry; Solihull, Liberal Democrat)
I am extremely grateful to the hon. Gentleman. I am not an actuary or an analyst, so I am happy to rely on the assessments of people who know a lot more than I about the matter.
If people who have not yet built up the entitlement to a full state pension choose to carry on working, should they not be given credit for those extra years of work? After all, the state pension age is rising. The Government have passed recent and welcome legislation against ageism and discrimination against older people who wish to continue working. Older people still have an enormous amount to give.