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HANSARDGender Pay GapThe noble Baroness is absolutely right: we need to move forward on this, but it is about cultural changes within large organisations. We saw today the issues in the finance sector…09 Mar 2020HANSARDGender Pay GapThe Government ran a consultation from October 2018 to January 2019 on ethnicity pay reporting and received more than 300 detailed responses. They have since met with businesses…09 Mar 2020HANSARDGender Pay GapYes, women need to have the right to know, but this is a very difficult thing for the Government to deal with because people also have the right not to have their pay in the…09 Mar 2020HANSARDGender Pay GapI thank the noble Baroness for her question, but we are 100% compliant with what we are asking employers to do. If we go further and make it a mandatory return, this can become a…09 Mar 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [HL]My Lords, let me begin by thanking the noble Lords, Lord Balfe and Lord Sharkey, and the noble Baroness, Lady Altmann, for this amendment. I believe that the intention is to…04 Mar 2020HANSARDOffender Management: Checkpoint ProgrammeMy Lords, since today’s list was issued, the noble and learned Lords, Lord Judge and Lord Mackay of Clashfern, have withdrawn from this debate. Therefore, the time limit for…27 Feb 2020HANSARDNorthamptonshire (Structural Changes) Order 2019My Lords, I apologise for being slightly late. I was stuck in a committee. I declare an interest as a vice-chairman of the Local Government Association and president of the…11 Feb 2020HANSARDNorthamptonshire (Structural Changes) Order 2019I urge the Government to look again at the issue of consulting. I fully agree that it is about consulting local communities, local people. I have a problem when we take too much…11 Feb 2020HANSARDQueen’s SpeechMy Lords, I welcome Her Majesty’s most gracious Speech. At last we can start to deliver on our promises to this country to honour the referendum, exit the European Union and move…09 Jan 2020HANSARDHealth Infrastructure PlanMy Lords, I am sorry to keep on about PFI. I welcome the Government’s announcements today—who could not welcome this sort of investment in our health service? But we have a…30 Sept 2019HANSARDSchools: Cadet Expansion ProgrammeMy Lords, I add my thanks to my noble friend Lord Lingfield for bringing this debate to the House. At a time when, more than ever, young people need positive activities in their…18 Jun 2019