§ 21. Mr. Gwilym Robertsasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if she will introduce a 10-year programme 160W to be completed by 1985 for the reduction of the pensionable age of men to 60, reducing the pensionable age by one year at intervals of two years; and if she will make a statement.
§ Mr. O'MalleyNo. As I have made clear on a number of occasions, we see no prospect of a reduction in men's pension age at present because of the high cost.
§ 53. Mr. Terry Walkerasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if she will bring forward legislation to reduce the retirement age for men.
§ Mr. O'MalleyI would refer my hon. Friend to the reply which I gave to my hon. and learned Friend the Member for Leicester, West (Mr. Janner) on 25th November 1975.—[Vol. 901, c.139.]