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Donate to our crowdfunderPart of Concessionary Bus Travel (Amendment) – in the House of Commons at 4:48 pm on 18th October 2011.
The Minister is of course right. I believe that since the Turner report, longevity predictions have risen by 6.5% for men and 5.5% for women. There is no doubt that the issue is complex—no one is denying that—and there may well be a case for going further faster, but the burden of my argument involves the half a million women who must wait for up to 18 months. Our view is that that is a disproportionate burden, imposed without fair and due notice.