Gender Equality: Pay Debate
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Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe
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Gender Equality: Pay
Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe Excerpts(6 years, 7 months ago)
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Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe (Lab)
My Lords, where does the Minister suggest that we look for the next steps and action to be taken in those areas where equal pay still does not exist? Returning to our backyard, the public service—she just mentioned local government—is it not true that there are still significant elements of unequal pay within the Civil Service, the public service and local government? This is an area where we have control. What do the Government intend to do there?
Baroness Williams of Trafford
I am almost certain that most local authorities will have settled equal pay claims with their employees—mine certainly did. On what more is there to do on equal pay, if women think that they are not being paid the same as men for the same job, they are perfectly entitled to—and should—bring claims forward.