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Estminster has had a busy legislative programme since resuming after the


Conference Season recess. The main piece of legislation


was the passing of the This has been hugely contentious and contained the provisions to speed up the changes to the retirement age for women. The Government amended the legislation at the last minute to cap any changes at 18 months but this was widely seen as a token gesture and not really dealing with the issue of 1,900 women in Edinburgh South having too little time to replan their retirement. Please get in touch if you want more information on how it may affect you.


The House of Commons had its


very first debate as a result of a public petition with 100,000 signatures. The Commons fell completely silent for a debate on the


disaster.


It was a very emotional debate and Steve Rotheram, MP for Liverpool Walton made one of the best speeches the Commons has seen for years. He pleaded for the Governmenet to release all the papers with regards to the disaster to "give the 96 dead the justice they deserve". He procededed to "right one wrong tonight" by reading out the names and ages of the 96 who died. The debate resulted in the Government committing to release all documents. A real victory for the Parliament and the 100,000 petition.


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