We’re pleased to announce that the SNP’s Mhairi Black MP will be joining MNHQ on Tuesday 12th January between 11 - 12 pm, but will also be taking questions from Gransnet. She’d particularly like to talk about the ‘Women Against State Pension Inequality’ campaign - see below for more details on that.
Mhairi Black is SNP MP for Paisley and Renfrewshire South and is the current ‘Baby of the House’ - the youngest member of the House of Commons. After joining the SNP in 2011 Mhairi was elected at the age of 20 in the 2015 General Election, whilst completing her undergraduate degree in Politics and Public Policy at the University of Glasgow. Her maiden speech made headlines, partly for the rule-breaking applause which followed it.
In support of the Women Against State Pension Inequality campaign, Mhairi secured a debate in the House of Commons on state pension age increases that some say discriminate against women born on or after 6th April 1951, calling the situation “grossly unfair”. The campaign is calling for the reversal of the decision to delay the retirement age for women born in 1953-1954 - you can read more about this here.
Please do join us on the day or leave a question here in advance - questions posted on here will be copy and pasted over to the webchat over on Mumsnet, and answers will be copied over to here.