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Thangam Debbonaire
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(6 years, 3 months ago)
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Amber Rudd
We are very serious about tackling the gender pay gap. From April this year, any employer with more than 250 employees will need to publish that pay gap. It is through transparency that we will get real change.
Thangam Debbonaire (Bristol West) (Lab)
Will the Government carry out an economic impact assessment on the value of investing in a comprehensive childcare provision across the country, in particular looking at the impact on women and gender equality?
The Financial Secretary to the Treasury (Mel Stride)
As I said earlier, we already carry out a wide variety of different impact assessments, including in the kind of area to which the hon. Lady alludes. If she would like to write to me with further details of the exact aspects she is interested in, I would be very happy to consider them.