MPs from all sides of the Commons urged Work and Pensions Secretary Mel Stride to provide details of a compensation scheme as quickly as possible.
The Government has been urged to provide details of a compensation scheme for women affected by how state pension changes were communicated.
Last week, the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO) took the “rare but necessary” decision to ask Parliament to intervene over complaints that the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) had failed to provide accurate, adequate and timely information about state pension reform.
MPs from all sides of the Commons urged Work and Pensions Secretary Mel Stride to provide details of a compensation scheme for Waspi women as quickly as possible.
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Conservative former minister John Penrose said “speed is vital” in the Government’s response.
He told MPs: “The Secretary of State has rightly pointed out that the actions in question between 2005-2007 didn’t happen on his watch, didn’t happen on any Conservative government’s watch, but if he delays he will stop being part of the solution and start being part of the problem himself, and he will need all the understanding and the goodwill on both sides of this House that he can possibly muster.”
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In a statement in the Commons on the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman’s report, Mr Stride said: “We continue to take the work of the ombudsman very seriously and it is only right that we now fully and properly consider the findings and the details of what is a substantial document.
“The ombudsman has noted in his report the challenges and the complexities of this issue.
“In laying the report before Parliament, the ombudsman has brought matters to the attention of the House and we will provide a further update to the House once we have considered the report’s findings.”