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Last Updated: Wednesday, 2 July, 2003, 05:19 GMT 06:19 UK
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The BBC's Hugh Pym
"The aim is to outlaw ageist advertising and work based practices"


Patricia Hewitt, Trade and Industry Secretary
"One possibility is to have no fixed retirement age at all"


Patricia Hewitt, Trade and Industry Secretary
"One possibility is to have no fixed retirement age at all"


Michelle Mitchell, Age Concern, and Dominic Murphy,
<b>who believes he is a victim of age discrimination


The BBC's Branwen Jeffreys
"Employers would lose the right to set compulsary retirement ages for staff"


Patricia Hewitt, Trade and Industry secretary
"This is about giving people more choice and opportunity"


The BBC's Rory Cellan-Jones
"There could be a retirement age of 70 or no limit at all"


The BBC's Richard Bilton
"There will be no forced retirement at 65, you can just keep on going"


The BBC's Niall Dickson
"Some employers worry that they could face endless tribunals"



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