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Deirdre Costigan MP: speeches

4 Jul 2026–16 Oct 2026 · year in progress

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  • 15 Sept 2026 · Civil Service Pension Scheme · Hansard source
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    My constituent Sarabjit partially retired last year. Capita wrongly worked out her pension, and over a year later she has still not got the money she is owed. Another constituent, Inderjeet, retired after 39 years in the Met police to spend more time with her parents, who live abroad, but five months later she has still not had a penny and her mum has sadly died since then. This is affecting real people’s lives. I know the Minister is new to the job, but I congratulate her on how she has already grasped the nettle on this issue. We have had two virtual surgeries offered to us next week for both those cases, but could she confirm the new deadline we should be working to, in order to ensure that Sarabjit and Inderjeet get the money they are due?

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4 Jul 2026–16 Oct 2026. Existing keyword taxonomy applied to official debate titles and contributions; a contribution may appear in more than one topic and unclassified records are retained.

View as listCommunities and local government: 4Communities and local government4Culture, media and sport: 1Culture, media and sport1Defence and foreign affairs: 1Defence and foreign affairs1Democracy and constitution: 1Democracy and constitution1Economy and business: 1Economy and business1Health and care: 2Health and care2Housing and planning: 3Housing and planning3Justice and policing: 4Justice and policing4Social security and pensions: 1Social security and pensions1Transport: 2Transport2Unclassified: 2Unclassified2
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4 Jul 2026–16 Oct 2026. Existing keyword taxonomy applied to official debate titles and contributions; a contribution may appear in more than one topic and unclassified records are retained. Published records do not measure effort or effectiveness. Methodology.
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Communities and local government4
Culture, media and sport1
Defence and foreign affairs1
Democracy and constitution1
Economy and business1
Health and care2
Housing and planning3
Justice and policing4
Social security and pensions1
Transport2
Unclassified2

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