§ Greville JannerMr.asked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether 199W he will bring forward legislation to make financial provision for the reduction of the voluntary retirement age for men to 60 years.
§ Mr. Orme:No. The cost of introducing even a phased reduction of men's pension age to 60 would, at the present time, be prohibitively expensive. The extra expenditure would reach over £2,000 million a year in the long term.