David Winnick
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(7 years, 11 months ago)
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Caroline Dinenage
We do want men to take the shared parental leave already available. The signs are that men are beginning to do that, but we need a cultural change to encourage men to take their share of shared parental leave.
Mr David Winnick (Walsall North) (Lab)
I want to mention just one workplace. While it is perfectly right that someone in his late 70s should be a regular presenter on BBC television—he is younger than I am—can the Minister imagine a female of that age in the same position? Is that not a form of age discrimination by a public body?
Caroline Dinenage
I am obviously in favour of older male television presenters, particularly of news programmes, but absolutely we need many more female counterparts.