I am grateful to the hon. Member for Gower (Tonia Antoniazzi) for opening the debate effectively on behalf of the Petitions Committee, and I thank all Members for their contributions. The Government has responded to a petition with over 46,000 signatures and received over 170,000 responses to the consultation on aligning the upper age exemption for prescription charges with the state pension age. No decision has been made yet due to the context of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, high energy prices, inflation, and cost of living pressures. The Government is spending £55 billion this winter to help households and businesses with their energy bills, including a typical household saving about £900 through the energy price guarantee and £400 through the energy bills support scheme. We are also investing £9.3 billion over five years on energy efficiency and clean heat, enabling us to do more on the cost of living, such as a £900 cost of living payment for 8 million poorer households and the largest ever increase to the national living wage helping 2 million workers. Prescription charges provide a valuable source of income for the NHS contributing £652 million in 2021-22. Charges have been around in the NHS for over 70 years, providing necessary funding for services amidst increasing demands due to an ageing population and more people with multiple health conditions. The petition calls on the Government to protect free NHS prescriptions for all over-60s while recognising the challenges of balancing cost of living pressures and ensuring best value for money in public spending post-pandemic.