Succession: LGBT+ People
The question
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to ensure parity for same-sex couples with other couples in pension inheritance.
Answered by Sir Stephen Timms
The Government is committed to ensuring equal treatment for same-sex couples in pension inheritance.
Following a Supreme Court judgment, occupational pension schemes must provide survivor benefits for same-sex spouses and civil partners on the same basis as for mixed-sex spouses and civil partners. Those protections are firmly in place and are protected by law.
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