From: David Floyd 
Newsgroups: uk.finance
Subject: Re: Question on qualifying years for UK state pension
Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2007 15:14:44 +0000

In message of Tue, 6 Feb 2007,  writes
>On 6 Feb, 13:20, David Floyd  wrote:
>> I hope some experts can help me here.
>>
>> Currently a man needs 44 qualifying years and a woman needs 39
>> qualifying years in order to get a full state pension.  I know that this
>> changes for women born after 5th April 1950 and that their qualifying
>> years will reach 44 years by 2020.
>>
>> However, I'm sure that there was some proposal to reduce this qualifying
>> period to 30 years.
>>
>> After hours of google searching and searching the Treasury web site and
>> others, I cannot find a single mention of this.
>>
>> Was I dreaming?
>
>Anything to do with pensions and IFAs reminds me of the mind
>manipulation in the The IPCRESS File
>
>"in a moment you will forget everything I have just told you.."
>
>But you were not dreaming.... this is the proposal.
>
>

I just knew that as soon as ask the question I would find the answer. 
I've now found the lengthy White Paper on Pensions Reform.

David