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Emma Hardy Excerpts
Thursday 14th March 2019

(5 years ago)

Commons Chamber
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Penny Mordaunt Portrait Penny Mordaunt
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The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy is consulting on that matter. My right hon. Friend mentioned a list of issues, and it is important to track the impact that policies are having on women and their choices. We will produce measures and metrics to sit alongside the strategy that the Government Equalities Office will produce on women’s economic empowerment, so that we can all see how we are doing.

Emma Hardy Portrait Emma Hardy (Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle) (Lab)
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On 20 February I raised concerns with the Ofsted Chief Inspector that some schools are not following new safeguarding guidance on peer-on-peer sexual abuse, but at best, the Chief Inspector’s response required improvement. Will the Minister meet me to discuss how we can enforce safeguarding in schools?e

Penny Mordaunt Portrait Penny Mordaunt
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I thank the hon. Lady for raising this issue. It is a very serious matter indeed. I will certainly ask the relevant Minister at the Department for Education to meet her, and I will also follow up.