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HANSARDInternational Women’s DayI would be delighted if the Government stole those plans. I would also be delighted if they looked at Labour’s measures for the NHS, because a fifth of the women I spoke about are…09 Mar 2023HANSARDGender Pay GapNo apology, then, for that increase in the gender pay gap over recent years, and no real action, it seems. Other figures from the Office for National Statistics show that the…08 Mar 2023HANSARDGender Pay GapLast year, the gender pay gap was 12% higher than it was in 2020, the year in which the Minister for Women and Equalities was first appointed to the Government Equalities Office.…08 Mar 2023HANSARDLGBT History MonthThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. Obviously, I thank the Backbench Business Committee for granting this debate and pay tribute to my hon. Friend the Member for Wallasey (Dame…02 Feb 2023HANSARDGynaecological Care: Waiting ListsI regret that the Minister did not directly answer my question—perhaps it was because she is aware of the appalling scale of the backlog. As of October last year, 38,000 women had…25 Jan 2023HANSARDGynaecological Care: Waiting ListsNHS England figures show that in October 2012, 15 women had been waiting over a year for gynaecological treatment. Can the Minister tell the House how many women had been waiting…25 Jan 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsQatar’s record on LGBT+ rights, women’s rights and the treatment of migrant workers means that it should never have been awarded the World cup. Although FIFA’s capitulation over…30 Nov 2022HANSARDViolence against Women and GirlsFollowing White Ribbon day on Friday, we remember all victims and survivors of violence against women and girls. Last year, only 1.5% of reported rape and sexual violence offences…30 Nov 2022HANSARDUN International Day of Persons with DisabilitiesI welcome the new Minister to his place and thank my wonderful hon. Friend the Member for Battersea (Marsha De Cordova) for securing this debate and for her tireless campaigning…24 Nov 2022HANSARDCost of Living: Women in the WorkplaceLast month, the new Minister for Women and Equalities told investors in New York that the Government were going for growth in a big way. She said of that economic strategy: “We…26 Oct 2022HANSARDHate CrimeI welcome the new Minister for Women and Equalities to her place. With reference to the previous question, I should of course say that making misogyny a hate crime is something…26 Oct 2022HANSARDCost of Living: Women in the WorkplaceI am disappointed by that brief response, because today we have found from the latest statistics that women need more than 12 times the average annual salary to buy a home. Our…26 Oct 2022HANSARDCost of Living: People with Protected CharacteristicsToday’s report from the Resolution Foundation shows that our economy is over a decade into a period of stagnation after 12 years of Tory rule, yet all we see from the Government…13 Jul 2022HANSARDCost of Living: People with Protected CharacteristicsThere we have it: there is no Conservative plan to support women’s employment. Women are being hammered by the Conservative cost of living crisis, which is getting worse by the…13 Jul 2022HANSARD 50 Years of Pride in the UKI thank the Backbench Business Committee for granting this debate and pay tribute to the hon. Member for Lanark and Hamilton East (Angela Crawley) for opening it. I also thank…30 Jun 2022HANSARD 50 Years of Pride in the UKI am grateful for that important intervention, which links with some of the contributions from SNP speakers on the role and responsibilities of companies in this space. I pay…30 Jun 2022HANSARDTransgender Conversion TherapyI thank my hon. Friend for that important comment. Indeed, there is no rationale for exclusion. Ministers have had almost four years to work up a ban on all forms of conversion…13 Jun 2022HANSARDTransgender Conversion TherapyI am grateful to my hon. Friend for making that point and sharing that experience. Let me say clearly in response to the comments of the hon. Member for Don Valley (Nick…13 Jun 2022HANSARDTransgender Conversion TherapyIt is a pleasure to participate in this debate with you in the Chair, Mr Mundell. I am grateful to the petitioners, and I thank the hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington…13 Jun 2022HANSARDWomen in STEM ApprenticeshipsThe Minister for Women and Equalities has just lauded her Government’s social mobility tsar. Does the Minister for Higher and Further Education agree with that tsar that “physics…08 Jun 2022