Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Oral Answers to Questions

Steve Race Excerpts
Wednesday 9th October 2024

(2 months, 1 week ago)

Commons Chamber
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Bridget Phillipson Portrait Bridget Phillipson
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I thank the hon. Lady for raising such an important issue, on which all Members across the House want to make progress. Officials are working on further plans, which we will set out very shortly, but we will be keen to work with her and colleagues across the House to make sure that we eradicate new HIV and AIDS infections.

Steve Race Portrait Steve Race (Exeter) (Lab)
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T2. Many of my constituents in Exeter benefit from maternity pay, which supports women while they spend precious time with their new-born children. Is the Minister of the view that maternity pay, in the words of one Tory leadership candidate, has “gone too far”?

Anneliese Dodds Portrait The Minister for Women and Equalities (Anneliese Dodds)
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Absolutely not, and my hon. Friend is right to mention the fact that that kind of assessment flies in the face of not only common sense, but all the economic evidence. When we support women to return to work and to progress at work, while being able to spend time with their families, we grow our economy—something that this Government are determined to do.