Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Cabinet Office

Oral Answers to Questions

Angela Crawley Excerpts
Wednesday 12th June 2019

(5 years, 6 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Lord Sharma Portrait Alok Sharma
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Of course I will look at the correspondence and make sure that the appropriate Minister meets the hon. Lady.

Angela Crawley Portrait Angela Crawley (Lanark and Hamilton East) (SNP)
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With regards to the DWP’s pensions policy, this Women and Equalities Minister—the fourth—has had the opportunity to reduce the gender pay gap and tackle discrimination against those with disabilities, women and LGBT and BME people before another Prime Minister and another reshuffle. What is she going to achieve in this term?

Lord Sharma Portrait Alok Sharma
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We in the DWP have introduced a range of measures across the whole Government to make sure that we are supporting those across all sectors of society into work. As I said, the hon. Lady just needs to look at the jobs figures: we have joint record high employment, record high women’s employment and record high ethnic minorities in employment.