Department for Work and Pensions written question – answered at on 24 May 2024.
Anna Firth
Conservative, Southend West
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman's report into women’s State Pension age changes, published on 21 March 2024, what recent discussions he has had with the Leader of the House on making parliamentary time available for a debate on financial redress by 23 July 2024.
Paul Maynard
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
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House of Parliament 'Major Parliamentary Occasions - http://www.parliament.uk/works/occasion.cfm#prorog
BBC News A-Z Parliament - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/a-z_of_parliament/p-q/82524.stm
