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  1. MP asks: When can I retire?published at 13:11 Greenwich Mean Time 2 March 2016

    State pension age

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    Alison Thewliss

    The SNP's Alison Thewliss says she is 33 years old, and asks at what age she will be able to retire.

    Iain Duncan Smith says this will be decided by the independent review.

  2. Treasury mandarins 'vie for top job'published at 13:08 Greenwich Mean Time 2 March 2016

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  3. Lord Lamont wants to be 'free of this juggernaut of integration'published at 13:08 Greenwich Mean Time 2 March 2016

    Former chancellor on the UK leaving the EU

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  4. MP says people will be 'dead' before they can claim pensionpublished at 13:05 Greenwich Mean Time 2 March 2016

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    Cat Smith

    Labour's Cat Smith asks that the government is "straight with young people" and tell them that they will "be dead before they receive a pension" if they come from a deprived area.

    Iain Duncan Smith says that she is a "pessimist" about the situation, and that government should work to improve people's life chances.

  5. MP 'dismayed' by missed Gere opportunitypublished at 12:59 Greenwich Mean Time 2 March 2016

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  6. Lord Lamont not worried by fall in sterlingpublished at 12:59 Greenwich Mean Time 2 March 2016

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    Lord Lamont

    Asked about the financial uncertainty arising from the prospect of Brexit, the former Conservative chancellor downplays the recent fall in the value of sterling, pointing out that the UK's currency has been at a lower level during the past five years "without any commentary". The Tory peer says that while the economic impact of leaving the EU may not be huge, in and of itself, exiting would enable the UK to free itself "from the juggernaut of integration" from Brussels.

  7. Labour claim public will be 'shocked'published at 12:58 Greenwich Mean Time 2 March 2016

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    Owen Smith

    Labour's Owen Smith says the public will be "shocked" to hear the government intends to raise the state pension age.

    He adds that unless they've "got a fat private pension", people will have to work until they die.

    Iain Duncan Smith rejects this criticism. He says that Labour did not oppose the idea of reviewing the state pension age when in government.

    He adds that it's "no wonder they haven't a hope in hell of being in government".

  8. Lord Lamont: EU issue 'splits friends and families'published at 12:52 Greenwich Mean Time 2 March 2016

    The Daily Politics

    Moving on from Prime Minister's Questions, Lord Lamont is now on Daily Politics. He tells the BBC that he has never before called for the UK to leave the EU, as he is now doing. 

    He says it is a big call and one that he did not want to rush into, arguing that the issue "splits friends and families". The EU, he says, is at a "fork in the road" and he says the government's case for remaining in the organisation, as expressed in its latest dossier, is "arguable".

    If the UK leaves the EU, a free-trade agreement between the two is in both parties' interests, saying this view is backed by the German government. 

  9. Europe warns of 'referendum contagion'published at 12:51 Greenwich Mean Time 2 March 2016

    Do the warnings of "referendum contagion" triggered by the UK's Brexit poll have any substance?

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  10. Is Jeremy Corbyn 'equivocal' about Europe?published at 12:49 Greenwich Mean Time 2 March 2016

    The Daily Politics

    The BBC's deputy political editor James Landale says Labour MPs are worried that there is a "hint of equivocation" about EU membership within the party's leadership but critics of Mr Corbyn do not want to inflame the issue while the referendum is going on and that a truce between the two sides seems to be holding. 

  11. Review into the state pensionpublished at 12:46 Greenwich Mean Time 2 March 2016

    State pension age

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    Iain Duncan Smith

    Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith says the government has launched an independent review of the state pension age.

    He says the review will make sure the state pension age is "fair and affordable in the long term". He adds that the review will report by May 2017.

    He tells MPs that the review will consider "changes in life expectancy as well as wider changes in society".

    Former CBI boss John Cridland has been appointed to lead the review.

    Currently, the state pension age is set to be 67 for both men and women by 2028.  

    Rad more here.

  12. PMQs analysis: James Landale's viewpublished at 12:45 Greenwich Mean Time 2 March 2016

    The Daily Politics

    Reflecting on the session, the BBC's deputy political editor James Landale says Mr Corbyn again chose to go on a subject - school places - which is currently not getting a lot of attention in the media but which he believes is of relevance of families and voters. 

    It is a brave strategy, he says, but Labour MPs are worried about how it is being executed and what they fear is a lack of forensic focus on a single issue each time. And by ignoring Europe again, he says Mr Corbyn risks leaving Labour MPs with "nothing to say" about the issue.

    Defending the Labour leader, Shadow Scottish secretary Ian Murray says his leader is focusing on "real issues" rather than those "fuelled by the Westminster bubble". 

  13. Watch: Corbyn says Cameron joke 'not much help'published at 12:42 Greenwich Mean Time 2 March 2016

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  14. Watch: Cameron's Acropolis Now jokepublished at 12:41 Greenwich Mean Time 2 March 2016

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  15. State pension agepublished at 12:40 Greenwich Mean Time 2 March 2016

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    Labour's Owen Smith now asks for a statement on the government's review of the state pension age.

  16. Session ends with meningitis vaccine questionpublished at 12:40 Greenwich Mean Time 2 March 2016

    The last question of the session is from the Tory MP Helen Whately about the meningitis B vaccine. The government has rejected extending the availability of the vaccination to children over the age of one despite a petition signed by 800,000 urging the move. Mr Cameron says he must be guided by the medical and scientific evidence and that the majority of fatal cases have affected, on average, children of five months. He says it will be kept under review. 

  17. Labour MP urges Cameron to remember Harold Wilsonpublished at 12:39 Greenwich Mean Time 2 March 2016

    A couple of questions on Syria, including one from Labour leadership contender Liz Kendall. Then Barry Sheerman urges the PM to mark the centenary of the birth of former Labour leader Harold Wilson, which falls next week. Mr Sheerman says Mr Wilson "stood up to rebels" in his party in the run-up and aftermath of the 1975 EU referendum, saying he was a great innovator. The PM says he has a "natural sympathy" with all his predecessors and wishes Harold Wilson's widow and his family well. 

  18. Labour MP unhappy about French medal grabpublished at 12:34 Greenwich Mean Time 2 March 2016

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    Labour's Ian Austin is unhappy that a factory which makes commemorative medals in his West Midlands constituency has lost a contract to a French rival and that medals in future could be labelled "fabrique en France". He urges the PM to do something about it as a matter of urgency. The PM says he was not aware of the issue but makes clear that he support the Royal Mint and other British firms which produce commemorative medals.

  19. David Cameron not aware of Richard Gere's Parliament visitpublished at 12:32 Greenwich Mean Time 2 March 2016

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    The actor, pictured in Scotland on Sunday

    A change of subject as Labour's Gisela Stuart says that Hollywood actor Richard Gere visited the Commons yesterday to highlight the issue of "oppression" in Tibet, urging an inquiry into the "counter-terrorism" rules in force in the Himalayan country, which is under Chinese rule. The PM says he wasn't aware of the actor's visit but he will consider the issue. 

  20. David Cameron: Farmers must have access to EUpublished at 12:31 Greenwich Mean Time 2 March 2016

    Conservative MP Bill Wiggin asks about payments to farmers and the benefits of being in the EU. The PM responds by saying there have been changes to the much-criticised rural payments scheme but there is more room for improvement. He says he believes that UK farmers benefit from EU membership and he wants their produce - which he describes as the cleanest and best in the EU - to continue to have unhindered access to a market of 500 million people.

    You can read about a critical report on errors made in Whitehall in making payments to farmers here.