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HANSARDGender Pay GapMr Speaker, forgive me for not congratulating you on your award. My right hon. Friend the Member for Portsmouth North (Penny Mordaunt) also received an award last night at the…17 Oct 2019HANSARDGender Pay GapThe hon. Lady will be delighted by the Chancellor’s announcement that we are increasing the national living wage. As she will know, 60% of people who are paid the living wage are…17 Oct 2019HANSARDGender Pay GapI am delighted to hear what the Scottish Government are doing. We keep that and other measures under review. As I have said, this is the third year of reporting, and we are…17 Oct 2019HANSARDGender Pay GapThis is the third year of gender pay gap reporting. We are focusing on the three sectors that employ the most women, and also on those with large gender pay gaps, such as…17 Oct 2019HANSARD Points of OrderFurther to that point of order, Mr Speaker. Having discussed this matter just this morning with the hon. Member for Walthamstow (Stella Creasy), may I say that the Government are…02 Oct 2019HANSARD Domestic Abuse BillI hope that colleagues will forgive me if I depart from what Ministers normally do in winding up—which is to look at our files and the prepared speeches that our wonderful…02 Oct 2019HANSARD Domestic Abuse BillI am delighted to be able to confirm that. Indeed, the carry-over motion is on today’s Order Paper. The Bill is carrying on.02 Oct 2019HANSARD Water Safety and Life-saving EquipmentThe idea of technology is a very interesting one, and I suspect that it is being looked at—through our forums, for example. I am not in a position to commit the Home Office to…24 Jul 2019HANSARD Water Safety and Life-saving EquipmentI think it is a combination. As we know all too well from the many debates we have had on the very serious topics that are looked after by the Home Office, legislation is but the…24 Jul 2019HANSARD Water Safety and Life-saving EquipmentThere is great deal I could talk about, Mr Speaker, but it would probably not be on topic.24 Jul 2019HANSARD Water Safety and Life-saving EquipmentThe joy of the Home Office is that one can never quite understand the extent of its tentacles, so it was with some surprise—but, indeed, some pleasure—that I was called to respond…24 Jul 2019HANSARDDisclosure and Barring Service Annual Report and Accounts 2018-19I am today publishing the annual report of the Disclosure and Barring Service (HC 2539). Copies of the report have been laid before the House and will be available in the Vote…18 Jul 2019HANSARDGangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority Annual Report and Accounts 2017-18The 2017-18 annual report and accounts for the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority (HC 2486) is being laid before the House today and published on www.gov.uk. Copies will be…18 Jul 2019HANSARDDomestic AbuseI thank the hon. Gentleman for his point and for his work on the all-party parliamentary group on ending homelessness. Ministers meet regularly to discuss this and other matters,…16 Jul 2019HANSARDDomestic AbuseMy right hon. Friend may be volunteering for a role. He is right to make the point that of the 2 million victims, we estimate that around 1.3 million are female and around 695,000…16 Jul 2019HANSARDDomestic AbuseI thank the hon. Lady and make the point that this Bill is critical to our being able to ratify the Istanbul convention. I very much hope that colleagues across the House will…16 Jul 2019HANSARDDomestic AbuseI thank the hon. Gentleman and his colleagues. We are grateful to everyone who represents Northern Ireland and take their seats in this House for their support. We are also…16 Jul 2019HANSARDDomestic AbuseI am very grateful to the hon. Lady; as always, I take my hat off to her for the very practical experience that she brings to the House, given that she worked so avidly in…16 Jul 2019HANSARDDomestic AbuseI thank the hon. Gentleman, who has been a strong advocate on this agenda. Through him, I also thank the survivors who I have met who perhaps do not dwell publicly on their own…16 Jul 2019HANSARDDomestic AbuseI thank the hon. Lady for raising this matter. This is an example of the non-legislative measures that we are running alongside the Bill itself. There are wonderful organisations…16 Jul 2019