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  Opposition Day - Pension Age for Women - Policies Widening Inequality Between Men and Women
  
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  @ MP voted aye against raising the state pension age for women sooner than 2020 and for independent research on the impact of Government policies on women which could widen inequality between women and men. 
  @ MP voted no to increase the state pension age for women sooner than 2020 and against independent research on the impact of Government policies on women which could widen inequality between women and men. 
  
  
  The majority of MPs voted for the state pension age for women to rise sooner than 2020 and against independent research on the impact of Government policies on women which could widen inequality between women and men. 
  
  The motion rejected in this vote was:
  
  :That this House
  :''regrets'' that the Governmentâs policies are hitting women and families hardest, including direct tax and benefit changes, cuts to childcare support and Sure Start which are making it harder for women to work, reductions in domestic and sexual violence specialist support, and their impact on the provision of social care;
  :''opposes'' plans that will make 300,000 women born between December 1953 and October 1954 wait an additional 18 months or longer to receive their state pension;
  :''calls on the Government'' to maintain the commitment given in the Coalition Agreement that the state pension age for women will not start to rise to 66 sooner than 2020;
  :''believes'' that promoting equality for women is vital to building a fairer society; and 
  :''calls on the Government'' to commission independent, robust assessments of the impact of its policies on women and to prevent the implementation of policies that could widen inequality between women and men
  
  
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