Justice for 1950s women who suffered under pension reforms could be a step closer as a local MP has tabled a question asking for a vote in parliament.

After a drop-in information session for new MPs held at Westminster last month, Ceredigion Preseli MP Ben Lake has tabled a question to the leader of the house asking her to facilitate a vote on financial redress for 1950s women.

On March 21 this year the parliamentary & health service ombudsman published his final report into changes to women’s state pension age.

It announced that the Department for Work and Pensions was guilty of maladministration because it failed to provide proper information to 1950s women about delays to their state pension age; that the women involved suffered injustice as a result; and that they should receive compensation.

WASPI representatives discussed this with Emma Reynolds, under-secretary of state for pensions in early September.

"Ben takes every opportunity to promote the WASPI cause in parliament to support the 1950s women in his constituency,” said Pamela Judge, joint co-ordinator of Ceredigion Preseli WASPI.

"He has been a long-standing supporter of our campaign. It was great to have his input to our drop-in session which was attended by over 150 MPs. We hope that his written question will achieve some progress for us.”

Mr Lake added: "I was pleased to attend the recent drop-in session in parliament, and it was encouraging to see so many MPs present.

“The strong turnout underscores just how important this campaign is, especially as it has been dragging on for far too many years.

“I’ve been campaigning for justice for 1950s-born women affected by the changes to state pension age for a long time, and I firmly believe they deserve the fairness and recognition they’ve been denied.

“Seeing so much support gives me hope that we are moving closer to some sort of resolution and I will certainly continue to make the case for it."