Motion text
That this House expresses concern about the gender pension gap which stands at around 40.3 per cent, more than twice the gender pay gap of 17.3 per cent, representing a differential in pension income of around £7,500 a year; understands that women’s lower average lifetime earnings, as well as the increased likelihood of their taking breaks from paid employment or reducing working hours, often to undertake caring responsibilities, directly reduces their retirement earnings, increasing the likelihood of later-life poverty; recognises the effect of the speed of state pension age equalisation which meant many women had insufficient time to prepare for retirement; notes that the State Pension triple lock does not apply to pension credit, discriminating against the oldest and poorest pensioners, who are disproportionately women; is perturbed by the ongoing anomaly created by the inflexibility of the National Insurance system which excludes those, disproportionately women, who may have several jobs but which fall below the Lower Earnings Threshold, and so do not receive any credit for their State Pension; is alarmed that anyone earning less than £10,000 a year, mostly women, is not automatically enrolled into a pension and will not therefore benefit from their employers’ contributions; is aware that lower lifetime earnings mean lower private pensions and that women were often forced to leave company pensions if they married or worked part-time and tended to work in occupations where employer pensions were less prevalent; and calls for urgent measures from the Government to boost women’s pension income.
Signatures (51)
The first 6 Members who have signed to support the motion are the sponsors. The primary sponsor is generally the person who tabled the motion and has responsibility for it. The date shown is when the Member signed the motion.
Gibson, Patricia
Scottish National Party
Signed on
25 January 2021
Edwards, Jonathan
Independent
Signed on
26 January 2021
Barker, Paula
Labour
Signed on
26 January 2021
Dorans, Allan
Scottish National Party
Signed on
26 January 2021
Shannon, Jim
Democratic Unionist Party
Signed on
27 January 2021
McDonnell, John
Labour
Signed on
27 January 2021
In addition to the sponsors, the following Members have signed to support the motion.
McDonald, Stuart C
Scottish National Party
Signed on
28 January 2021
Brown, Alan
Scottish National Party
Signed on
28 January 2021
Thomson, Richard
Scottish National Party
Signed on
28 January 2021
Thompson, Owen
Scottish National Party
Signed on
28 January 2021
Sheppard, Tommy
Scottish National Party
Signed on
28 January 2021
Oswald, Kirsten
Scottish National Party
Signed on
28 January 2021
Fellows, Marion
Scottish National Party
Signed on
28 January 2021
Smith, Alyn
Scottish National Party
Signed on
28 January 2021
Gray, Neil
Scottish National Party
Signed on
28 January 2021
McDonald, Stewart Malcolm
Scottish National Party
Signed on
28 January 2021
Chapman, Douglas
Scottish National Party
Signed on
28 January 2021
Whitford, Dr Philippa
Scottish National Party
Signed on
28 January 2021
Nicolson, John
Scottish National Party
Signed on
28 January 2021
Blackford, Ian
Scottish National Party
Signed on
28 January 2021
Grady, Patrick
Scottish National Party
Signed on
28 January 2021
Doogan, Dave
Scottish National Party
Signed on
28 January 2021
Bardell, Hannah
Scottish National Party
Signed on
28 January 2021
Crawley, Angela
Scottish National Party
Signed on
28 January 2021
Lucas, Caroline
Green Party
Signed on
28 January 2021
Stephens, Chris
Scottish National Party
Signed on
1 February 2021
Mishra, Navendu
Labour
Signed on
1 February 2021
Brock, Deidre
Scottish National Party
Signed on
29 January 2021
Law, Chris
Scottish National Party
Signed on
29 January 2021
Hendry, Drew
Scottish National Party
Signed on
1 February 2021
Callaghan, Amy
Scottish National Party
Signed on
1 February 2021
Ferrier, Margaret
Independent
Signed on
1 February 2021
MacAskill, Kenny
Scottish National Party
Signed on
1 February 2021
Hanvey, Neale
Scottish National Party
Signed on
1 February 2021
Newlands, Gavin
Scottish National Party
Signed on
1 February 2021
Thewliss, Alison
Scottish National Party
Signed on
3 February 2021
Gwynne, Andrew
Labour
Signed on
8 February 2021
Grant, Peter
Scottish National Party
Signed on
8 February 2021
Lake, Ben
Plaid Cymru
Signed on
8 February 2021
Whitley, Mick
Labour
Signed on
8 February 2021
Blackman, Kirsty
Scottish National Party
Signed on
9 February 2021
Carmichael, Mr Alistair
Liberal Democrat
Signed on
9 February 2021
Farron, Tim
Liberal Democrat
Signed on
10 February 2021
Eastwood, Colum
Social Democratic & Labour Party
Signed on
10 February 2021
Chamberlain, Wendy
Liberal Democrat
Signed on
10 February 2021
Cameron, Dr Lisa
Scottish National Party
Signed on
11 February 2021
Yasin, Mohammad
Labour
Signed on
11 February 2021
Day, Martyn
Scottish National Party
Signed on
16 February 2021
McNally, John
Scottish National Party
Signed on
16 February 2021
Ali, Tahir
Labour
Signed on
17 February 2021
Hanna, Claire
Social Democratic & Labour Party
Signed on
22 February 2021
There are no withdrawn signatures for this motion.