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<p>The Pensions Acts of 1995, 2007 and 2011 were fully debated in Parliament. The
government undertook wide public consultation before the passage of the Acts. This
included publishing Green and White Papers. The passage of the Acts and the changes
they brought in were widely reported in the media throughout this period.</p><p> </p><p>The
changes to State Pension age that the Pensions Act 1995 brought in started to come
into effect from April 2010 giving a notice period of at least 15 years for those
changes.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the DWP and others took extensive steps in the
years following the 1995 Act to further communicate the changes to women born in the
1950s, as well as all others affected, by means such as leaflets, State Pension forecasts,
media articles and personal letters.</p>
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