{"id":143908,"date":"2025-01-28T18:26:01","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T18:26:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politics.co.uk\/?post_type=parliament&#038;p=143908"},"modified":"2025-01-28T18:29:12","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T18:29:12","slug":"stephen-flynn-introduces-bill-to-give-waspi-women-compensation-that-they-deserve","status":"publish","type":"parliament","link":"https:\/\/www.politics.co.uk\/parliament\/stephen-flynn-introduces-bill-to-give-waspi-women-compensation-that-they-deserve\/","title":{"rendered":"Stephen Flynn introduces bill to give Waspi women &#8216;compensation that they deserve&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/player.target-video.com\/player\/build\/targetvideo.min.js\"><\/script> <div id=\"TargetVideo_38088687\" style=\"width:16;height:9;\" > <\/div> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> $bp(\"TargetVideo_38088687\", {\"video\":\"1958109\",\"width\":\"16\",\"height\":\"9\",\"id\":\"24436\"}); <\/script>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The SNP has put forward a bill that would compel the government to establish a compensation scheme for women who lost out financially from the rise in the state pension age.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ten-minute rule bill, in the name of SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn, passed a vote in the House of Commons on Tuesday afternoon by 105 votes to zero.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Addressing the House ahead of the division, which SNP MPs forced, Flynn said: &#8220;I [introduce this bill] with no joy whatsoever. And I do so more borne out of complete and utter frustration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;But I do so because it&#8217;s the right thing to do, and it&#8217;s the right thing to do for a number of reasons. It&#8217;s the right thing to do because we require trust in politics. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;And I think all of us at this moment in time, certainly within this chamber, are conscious of the breakdown in trust between ourselves in this parliament and with the public outside.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He added: &#8220;We know where the public stands on this issue. We know that they believe the Waspi women should be given the compensation that they deserve. 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