Part of 2. Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery – in the Senedd at 2:51 pm on 21 January 2025.
Delyth Jewell
Plaid Cymru
2:51,
21 January 2025
Okay. Thank you for that. I declare an interest, Llywydd, because my mother was born in the 1950s.
I would like to pay tribute to those campaigners who fought for justice and fairness for women born in the 1950s, some of whom are in the public gallery this afternoon. These women have suffered a double injustice, firstly by having their state pensions denied them, and secondly by having a Westminster Government that used to acknowledge that fact now refuse to give them what they're owed. Now, Plaid Cymru supports a vote on this issue in the House of Commons. Would the Counsel General agree that there is a need for mediation in order to discuss levels of compensation, redress and, of course, the question of embedding the rights of CEDAW in domestic law? Now, whilst we don't have powers over pensions here, would the Welsh Government consider playing a role in any mediation that would come about, because there is a lot of anger, a feeling of betrayal about this decision? These women are tired of waiting for the UK Government to do what is right. So, would you support me in that call and for seeing whether there could be a need for mediation so that, at last, what is right can be given to these women?
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