§ Mr. Patrick ThompsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what decision has been reached on the means of achieving equal state pension age; and whether the principle for its achievement will be a flexible retirement decade centred on a common age of 65 years.
§ Miss WiddecombeI refer my hon. Friend to paragraph 18 of the Government's response to the 10th report from the House of Lords Select Committee on the European Communities, Session 1988–89, on "Equal Treatment for Men and Women in Pensions and Other Benefits"—Cm. 1038.