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will disturb or shortly effdct homeless people. The law has been | :00:00. | :00:00. | |
the balance in what I think is a fair way. Questions to the Linister | :00:00. | :00:13. | |
on women and equality is -- for women and equality is. | :00:14. | :00:20. | |
On behalf of the whole housd, can I welcome the new e-mail First | :00:21. | :00:26. | |
Minister in Northern Ireland, Arlene Foster, to her role, and wished her | :00:27. | :00:31. | |
all the best? I'm sure the hassle also want to offer the support to | :00:32. | :00:39. | |
members who made his statemdnt yesterday. This | :00:40. | :00:43. | |
changed the definition of child poverty. As the Prime Minister says, | :00:44. | :00:48. | |
we are determined to tackle the causes of child poverty. Our | :00:49. | :00:53. | |
proposals in the welfare reform and work Bill introduced new me`sures on | :00:54. | :00:57. | |
what listeners and educational attainment. We reflect your comments | :00:58. | :01:11. | |
for the honourable member and the new First Minister. We agred | :01:12. | :01:16. | |
additional measures would bd useful for so it is clear that welfare | :01:17. | :01:27. | |
reform... Given that 46% of women in policy from working families, does | :01:28. | :01:28. | |
the Minister not agree that the the income must be retained | :01:29. | :01:52. | |
otherwise it will rely only on statistics, not reality, whhch is a | :01:53. | :01:56. | |
cynical manoeuvre. I disagrde with him in his last remarks. We are | :01:57. | :01:59. | |
absolutely committed to tackling child poverty, to making sure that | :02:00. | :02:04. | |
as many children as possibld do not grow up afflicted by the blhght of | :02:05. | :02:11. | |
polity. Since 2010, the jubhlant in families is at an all-time low. -- | :02:12. | :02:13. | |
the children in workless falilies. Those are the two things th`t make a | :02:14. | :02:23. | |
critical difference to whether a child grows up in poverty and | :02:24. | :02:26. | |
continues to live in povertx throughout their lives. | :02:27. | :02:32. | |
Since 2010, I see more people destitute in my constituencx, more | :02:33. | :02:39. | |
people homeless, more peopld dependent on food banks. Dods the | :02:40. | :02:44. | |
government understand that changing internationally agreed definitions | :02:45. | :02:47. | |
of poverty will seem like a cynical attempt for them to mask thd true | :02:48. | :02:53. | |
condition of Britain? I also suspect he sees more people in work in his | :02:54. | :02:56. | |
constituency, more people bden constituency, more people bden | :02:57. | :03:01. | |
helped into work. To tackle the root causes of poverty. Worklessness and | :03:02. | :03:05. | |
educational attainment. This government remains committed to | :03:06. | :03:08. | |
tackling the root cause is to make sure that children do not grow up | :03:09. | :03:12. | |
affected by the plight of poverty. I think he would probably agrde that | :03:13. | :03:16. | |
arbitrary considerations of whether someone is slightly over or under a | :03:17. | :03:24. | |
financial income line by a latter of pounds doesn't change lights. What | :03:25. | :03:26. | |
outlined by the Prime Minister in changes lives is tackling the | :03:27. | :03:30. | |
outlined by the Prime Minister in his speech on Monday. Presulably | :03:31. | :03:38. | |
they will access the findings of a number of organisations, most | :03:39. | :03:43. | |
recently the resolution org`nisation of estimated that 600,000 children | :03:44. | :03:58. | |
will move into poverty over the next four years. What discussions has she | :03:59. | :04:05. | |
had with the Secretary of State for the DWP regarding the likelx impact | :04:06. | :04:16. | |
a difference between asking a a difference between | :04:17. | :04:20. | |
question and leading an adjournment debate. I would point out to the | :04:21. | :04:34. | |
honourable gentleman that there are 11.8% of children living in workless | :04:35. | :04:39. | |
households, which is down 4$. He might like to realise that there are | :04:40. | :04:47. | |
176,000 women in Scotland who have been taken out of income tax since | :04:48. | :05:03. | |
2010. Ministers regularly dhscuss matters of policy that span the | :05:04. | :05:08. | |
responsibilities. This issud was debated very recently. Last week's | :05:09. | :05:16. | |
in a unanimous vote with melbers on in a unanimous vote with melbers on | :05:17. | :05:24. | |
all sides of the House callhng on the government to correct the | :05:25. | :05:32. | |
unfairness of changing thesd rules. Can I gently refer the honotrable | :05:33. | :05:41. | |
gentleman to the fact that the XT speaker said the government is not | :05:42. | :05:52. | |
owned by any decisions made by a Backbench Business Committed. By | :05:53. | :05:59. | |
setting out the new threshold 1 ,000 for auto enrolment it is suggested | :06:00. | :06:07. | |
that millions of women will miss out on accessing their pensions. Will | :06:08. | :06:12. | |
she support the independent pensions commission to | :06:13. | :06:20. | |
look at all issues, including inequality is currently fachng women | :06:21. | :06:24. | |
in the current system? Therd is a lot happening in the pensions world | :06:25. | :06:29. | |
at present. We need to ensure that all of that goes through, r`ther | :06:30. | :06:35. | |
than thinking of new innovations. Does the Minister share the Prime | :06:36. | :06:39. | |
Minister's view that the good settlement for pensioners extends to | :06:40. | :06:45. | |
1950s women and can he expl`in the best part of that settlement for | :06:46. | :06:50. | |
them? Write back he will be aware that in 2011 there was a debate | :06:51. | :06:55. | |
extension was reduced and that was extension was reduced and that was | :06:56. | :07:06. | |
that the cost of ?1.1 billion to the Exchequer. I am disappointed in the | :07:07. | :07:16. | |
response. She is correct th`t black week -- that last week's debate was | :07:17. | :07:26. | |
not binding on the government, but will he not admit that the | :07:27. | :07:30. | |
government has lost on this issue? Women born between 1953 and 195 now | :07:31. | :07:41. | |
face a huge pensions gap. This issue was not in the manifesto for either | :07:42. | :07:46. | |
the Labour Party or the SNP. Not surprising given that two under the | :07:47. | :07:55. | |
2011 measures would cost ovdr ? 0 billion. If the honourable lady | :07:56. | :07:58. | |
persists in the front bench of the opposition pursuing this policy | :07:59. | :08:02. | |
what I think it is important is she outlines Briley would get ?30 | :08:03. | :08:12. | |
billion from. With your perlission, I will answer question ten with this | :08:13. | :08:17. | |
question. My rent or more friend the Home Secretary take these m`tters | :08:18. | :08:22. | |
very seriously. Last year, she commissioned the former reshns | :08:23. | :08:29. | |
ombudsman to carry out a review of vulnerable people in detenthon. The | :08:30. | :08:32. | |
government will take appropriate action in response to his | :08:33. | :08:39. | |
recommendations. We look forward to hearing what Sir Stephen Sh`w has to | :08:40. | :08:46. | |
say. What steps will she take as minister for quality to enstre the | :08:47. | :09:01. | |
detention of these individu`ls comes to an end altogether? Pregn`nt women | :09:02. | :09:09. | |
should only be detained in exceptional circumstances. Where are | :09:10. | :09:10. | |
woman being detained, it is looked matter comes to light | :09:11. | :09:15. | |
woman being detained, it is looked at with the utmost urgency. The 2014 | :09:16. | :09:30. | |
report on women in detention centres highlighted that many of thdm had | :09:31. | :09:37. | |
been subjected to sexual violence. What steps is she taking to ensure | :09:38. | :09:43. | |
these women are safe? Does she agree with me that the centres should not | :09:44. | :09:46. | |
be detaining women at all and that should be a last resort? I would | :09:47. | :09:51. | |
agree with the honourable gdntleman that detention should only be a very | :09:52. | :09:56. | |
last resort. It is something that is regrettable in many ways we have to | :09:57. | :10:04. | |
have detention. As part of fear immigration fair to all, detention | :10:05. | :10:06. | |
is needed for exceptional circumstances that refuse to leave | :10:07. | :10:10. | |
the country when you have bden ordered to do so. Women are treated | :10:11. | :10:14. | |
with the utmost dignity and it is important that all in detention are | :10:15. | :10:22. | |
treated with such dignity. Strong body confidence is obviouslx really | :10:23. | :10:26. | |
important for both physical and mental health. The government is | :10:27. | :10:31. | |
working with partners on projects such as media literacy to epuip | :10:32. | :10:32. | |
young people to be resilient towards young people to be resilient towards | :10:33. | :10:37. | |
unrealistic body image as the sea on print and on our screens. She will | :10:38. | :10:47. | |
know that photographs in glossy magazines have been retouchdd by | :10:48. | :10:54. | |
photo shop. In my case, you see what you get. Does my rubble fridnd not | :10:55. | :11:00. | |
agree with me that perhaps there is a role to play in schools? Well | :11:01. | :11:06. | |
part of what you see is what you get. We won't go into that. Is there | :11:07. | :11:12. | |
a role to play in schools to educate children into realistic ide`s of | :11:13. | :11:15. | |
Has status of an exotic member of what is possible and what is not? | :11:16. | :11:23. | |
Has status of an exotic member of the House is not in doubt. H | :11:24. | :11:27. | |
entirely agree. There is allost nothing you can do to enhance the | :11:28. | :11:32. | |
appearance of my honourable friend, in my book anyway. Of coursd, he is | :11:33. | :11:42. | |
absolutely right. We want young people to be informed, resilient, | :11:43. | :11:48. | |
and that is why we aim to ilprove their media literacy. Guidance on | :11:49. | :11:54. | |
body image helps teachers approach this topic sensitively and points | :11:55. | :12:00. | |
them to the best quality assured materials. We produce a medha | :12:01. | :12:03. | |
resource for parents to help them resource for parents to help them | :12:04. | :12:10. | |
better promote understanding of the images young people see in the | :12:11. | :12:16. | |
media. PwC estimates the cost of eating disorders to society is about | :12:17. | :12:22. | |
?15 billion per year. What dxtra support measures either govdrnment | :12:23. | :12:29. | |
putting in place for prevention and support for those currently facing | :12:30. | :12:33. | |
eating disorders, to make stre this problem is tackled adequately? He is | :12:34. | :12:40. | |
absolutely right. This is a key is you. Anorexia kills more th`n any | :12:41. | :12:45. | |
other mental health illness. On Monday, the Prime Minister set out | :12:46. | :12:49. | |
our commitment to invest in mental health services. We will invest | :12:50. | :12:56. | |
nearly ?1 billion. There will be the first ever waiting time targets for | :12:57. | :13:01. | |
teenagers with eating disorders They can get help with one lonth of | :13:02. | :13:06. | |
being referred, or within a week for urgent cases. Young trans-pdople can | :13:07. | :13:20. | |
suffer greatly in this issud. A report published today makes | :13:21. | :13:22. | |
specific recommendations about how specific recommendations | :13:23. | :13:26. | |
to improve the lives of young trans-people. Absolutely. I warmly | :13:27. | :13:35. | |
welcome the report and thank the chairman of the select commhttee for | :13:36. | :13:38. | |
the valuable work they have done on this important issue. This sends a | :13:39. | :13:45. | |
clear signal of the importance of this issue. I look forward to | :13:46. | :13:49. | |
working through this report carefully and thoughtfully with | :13:50. | :13:52. | |
other departments. This government is clear th`t what | :13:53. | :14:09. | |
is illegal offline is illeg`l online. The revenge pawn helpline | :14:10. | :14:17. | |
has already supported 3000 collars since it was launched last February. | :14:18. | :14:30. | |
It is there to help anyone. We will continue to support victims. | :14:31. | :14:45. | |
It is important that those who are victims get the right support, but | :14:46. | :14:50. | |
we won't go further, which hs to make sure through education and | :14:51. | :14:56. | |
awareness this is a crime and it will not be tolerated. The hnternet | :14:57. | :15:03. | |
can be a force of good, but it can also be a platform for abusd and in | :15:04. | :15:08. | |
toleration. They have been successful in having content removed | :15:09. | :15:23. | |
quickly from the internet. The fresh start agreement in Stormont already | :15:24. | :15:29. | |
looks brighter with Arlene Foster in charge. Thank you for your comments. | :15:30. | :15:36. | |
The press is still full of stories of revenge pornography incidents | :15:37. | :15:49. | |
taking place. There is an increasing amount of this appearing online | :15:50. | :15:53. | |
This is an offence that people are This is an offence that people are | :15:54. | :15:58. | |
more aware of, but sadly th`t means there are more cases of it. That is | :15:59. | :16:03. | |
why we have put in place thd helpline to offer support. This is | :16:04. | :16:10. | |
not an acceptable way for pdople to behave. We need to give guidance to | :16:11. | :16:14. | |
those who might potentially become victims, to think very carefully | :16:15. | :16:18. | |
about images they might share and how they could then be abusdd. I | :16:19. | :16:25. | |
have written to the European Commission and other member states, | :16:26. | :16:28. | |
setting out our strong view that member state should have filled | :16:29. | :16:35. | |
discretion not over what rate of VAT they can apply to sanitary products. | :16:36. | :16:39. | |
This should be considered in the context of the action plan dxpected | :16:40. | :16:43. | |
to be published in March of this year. The Minister should do more | :16:44. | :16:51. | |
and take this issue forward. When he succeeds, as I'm sure he will, will | :16:52. | :16:57. | |
he ensure the money he is ctrrently providing to domestic violence | :16:58. | :17:06. | |
services will be met through general taxation issues? He will be aware | :17:07. | :17:12. | |
that VAT rules currently do not allow us to reduce it below 5%. That | :17:13. | :17:20. | |
is why when the previous Labour -- Labour Government reduced it to 5% | :17:21. | :17:26. | |
and not 20. He highlights the fact that as the Chancellor annotnced in | :17:27. | :17:29. | |
the Autumn Statement for thd first time, we are using the funds | :17:30. | :17:34. | |
collected from VAT on sanit`ry products to provide support | :17:35. | :17:37. | |
specifically to women's charities. We will review that in the dvent | :17:38. | :17:41. | |
that we are able to reduce ht to a zero rate. | :17:42. | :17:47. | |
The Minister will know that I voted with the party opposite on this | :17:48. | :17:53. | |
issue. Is it not the case that those people who want to see a zero rate | :17:54. | :18:00. | |
on their sanitary products `t the earliest opportunity should find the | :18:01. | :18:03. | |
easiest way of doing that, which is by voting to leave the European | :18:04. | :18:07. | |
Union, and it will reduce straight away? My honourable friend's answer | :18:08. | :18:14. | |
to this question does not entirely surprised me. It is in fact his | :18:15. | :18:20. | |
answer to quite a lot of qudstions. What I would say to him is that the | :18:21. | :18:28. | |
Government is in gauging -- is engaging with other members states. | :18:29. | :18:31. | |
The E Urals prevent us from lowering the rate below 5%. -- EU rules. It | :18:32. | :18:48. | |
does not appear that this issue is being placed alongside the | :18:49. | :18:53. | |
parameter's other issues, so we might not have a report back. Other | :18:54. | :19:01. | |
Prime Minister or Chancellor come before the House to make a statement | :19:02. | :19:05. | |
on it as they have done on other EU issues? The Chancellor of the | :19:06. | :19:14. | |
when he made his Autumn Statement, we when he announced the donations | :19:15. | :19:23. | |
to women's charities when hd raised the issue. This is an issue that the | :19:24. | :19:27. | |
governorate is taking seriotsly As previous governments have done | :19:28. | :19:32. | |
before, we are doing every thing we can and I think we are the first | :19:33. | :19:38. | |
governor that has gone to Etropean Commission and make the casd | :19:39. | :19:43. | |
flux of alerting. Can my honourable friend explain why this is not part | :19:44. | :19:47. | |
of the Government's renegothating strategy taking base at the moment? | :19:48. | :19:51. | |
Surely this country and this parliament should be able to decide | :19:52. | :19:55. | |
levels of VAT, not just uns`nitary products but also on the fudl and | :19:56. | :19:58. | |
under different related is `nd so on, which would be better if they | :19:59. | :20:05. | |
did not have VAT at all. We are engaged in a wide ranging | :20:06. | :20:13. | |
renegotiation, addressing issues about economic competitivendss and | :20:14. | :20:16. | |
also the roles of Parliament and so on. This is not expertly part of | :20:17. | :20:26. | |
that renegotiation, but it hs the case that we are, as a government, | :20:27. | :20:30. | |
going and making the case to other member states and we will h`ve the | :20:31. | :20:33. | |
report from the commission hn March, and we have made our position very | :20:34. | :20:40. | |
clear. The funding that the Government is putting into services | :20:41. | :20:44. | |
for women fleeing sexual and domestic wire and is has bedn | :20:45. | :20:45. | |
described as like filling a bath with the plug pulled out. The tampon | :20:46. | :20:52. | |
tax cannot possibly fill thd gap while across the country refuges are | :20:53. | :20:59. | |
closing and special services are also closing. Can the Minister | :21:00. | :21:03. | |
commit to a full review of the effect of the Government's fiscal | :21:04. | :21:07. | |
policies on the availabilitx of services and publish the | :21:08. | :21:11. | |
information? Can I make the point to the honourable member that we have | :21:12. | :21:17. | |
already announced ?40 million worth of funding for domestic abuse | :21:18. | :21:22. | |
services between 2016 and 2020. As well as a 2 million grant to | :21:23. | :21:28. | |
charities that support earlx intervention. The remake thd point, | :21:29. | :21:38. | |
in terms of the public finances the best future for the entire country | :21:39. | :21:41. | |
is to make sure we have strong public finances, that we have got a | :21:42. | :21:45. | |
credible economic policy, a long-term plan that delivers jobs | :21:46. | :21:49. | |
and growth, and that is what this government is doing. I'm afraid that | :21:50. | :21:55. | |
the Government's economic policies are not protecting women from | :21:56. | :22:01. | |
violence. Research yesterdax, from the University of Lancaster showed | :22:02. | :22:08. | |
that violent crime has been underreported and has been rising | :22:09. | :22:13. | |
since 2009. That is as a result to cuts to services, cuts to the | :22:14. | :22:18. | |
police, the lack of housing to move into, financial pressures on | :22:19. | :22:20. | |
relationships, difficulties accessing justice. Will the Minister | :22:21. | :22:26. | |
not recognise that the holistic effect places women in dangdr. Will | :22:27. | :22:31. | |
the Government to take urgent action to address it? She makes thd point | :22:32. | :22:37. | |
that domestic violence is underreported, and we accept that | :22:38. | :22:40. | |
that is a problem, although the reporting has increased and indeed | :22:41. | :22:44. | |
the number of convictions h`s increased. She also made thd point | :22:45. | :22:49. | |
that there were cuts in polhce. As the Chancellor made clear in his | :22:50. | :22:52. | |
Autumn Statement, because the economy is performing better than | :22:53. | :22:58. | |
has been the case before, then the fact is we can afford not to cut the | :22:59. | :23:02. | |
police funding over the course of this parliament. Again, I m`ke the | :23:03. | :23:08. | |
point that is the Labour Party can say they are close to every cut and | :23:09. | :23:16. | |
change we have made to bring spending under control, but if we do | :23:17. | :23:19. | |
not do that, we will be in the crisis. That is what the 20 | :23:20. | :23:26. | |
election was fought on, and the result was clear. With permhssion, | :23:27. | :23:30. | |
Mr Speaker, I'll answer this question with question 14. Bullying | :23:31. | :23:36. | |
of any kind is not acceptable. There is no post for misogyny or trolling | :23:37. | :23:46. | |
in society. There are websites to help reduce bullying, and there is a | :23:47. | :24:00. | |
case for the... What conversations has she had with | :24:01. | :24:11. | |
social media providers in rdgard to misogynistic online abuse and will | :24:12. | :24:16. | |
she make a statement? I and other ministers, including the melber for | :24:17. | :24:24. | |
providers all the time about the providers all the time about the | :24:25. | :24:29. | |
sorts of issues. I welcome ` statement from a Twitter director | :24:30. | :24:32. | |
recently, saying they were dealing better with trolls, but thex needed | :24:33. | :24:37. | |
to do more. I will also recognise that their rock issues closdr to | :24:38. | :24:44. | |
home. Her own party leader, at her party's conference in the attumn of | :24:45. | :24:49. | |
last year, he had to appeal to activists, saying, cut out the | :24:50. | :24:55. | |
personal attacks, the cyber bullying and especially the misogynistic | :24:56. | :24:56. | |
abuse online. I hope her own party with regard to this | :24:57. | :25:04. | |
issue. Mr Speaker, I ask thd Secretary of State, what evhdence is | :25:05. | :25:09. | |
there of improved data colldction so that we know the true scale of this | :25:10. | :25:15. | |
abuse? What evidence is there that police officers up and down the | :25:16. | :25:19. | |
country are receiving appropriate training so that they know how to | :25:20. | :25:23. | |
identify and deal with the perpetrators of this abuse? I would | :25:24. | :25:29. | |
have to come back to the honourable gentleman, which I am happy to do, | :25:30. | :25:32. | |
that the issue of data colldction. I mention some countries are better | :25:33. | :25:37. | |
than others. There is a helpline which is monitoring and keeping | :25:38. | :25:42. | |
data, which is due to be ev`luated in March of this year. As I have or | :25:43. | :25:47. | |
be said, what is illegal off-line is illegal online. That is cle`r to all | :25:48. | :25:51. | |
police forces up and down the country. We continue to makd that | :25:52. | :25:56. | |
case to them. Does my right honourable friend agree that the | :25:57. | :26:02. | |
increasing digital world th`t we live in makes it absolutely vital to | :26:03. | :26:11. | |
help children, parents and carers deal with this file online `buse and | :26:12. | :26:16. | |
cyber bullying? She is absolutely right. Of course, it is better to | :26:17. | :26:21. | |
educate young people against any of this in the first place, to make | :26:22. | :26:24. | |
sure they are bust and is at the end, if they do come across unwanted | :26:25. | :26:28. | |
images or cyber bullying, and she is right to mention parents and carers | :26:29. | :26:32. | |
in this. There are a range of websites and organisations that help | :26:33. | :26:37. | |
parents to know how to disctss these issues with children, and wd have | :26:38. | :26:46. | |
also to put -- invested 3.84 million, into a service which will | :26:47. | :26:53. | |
provide support later this xear Will she recognise the huge amount | :26:54. | :26:56. | |
of online bullying thing directed towards the trans-community, leading | :26:57. | :27:02. | |
to high levels of mental he`lth and suicide in that community. We need a | :27:03. | :27:09. | |
mature that this is tackled when she reviews the trans enquiry. He is a | :27:10. | :27:14. | |
member of the select committee and I do warmly welcomed the | :27:15. | :27:19. | |
land like report that is behng reported today. It has highlighted | :27:20. | :27:22. | |
lots of action needed to be taken across government. I have all the | :27:23. | :27:29. | |
mentioned social media, and the impact on social media, and the | :27:30. | :27:39. | |
importance of the trans to take part in the community and the workplace. | :27:40. | :27:48. | |
Question nine, Mr Speaker. I'm delighted that our constltation | :27:49. | :27:59. | |
on closing the pay gap recehved around 700 punters, including 2 0 | :28:00. | :28:03. | |
from employers and business organisations. We will publhsh a | :28:04. | :28:05. | |
response from the Government shortly. There has been excdllent | :28:06. | :28:14. | |
work done in addressing the gender pay gap. Their rock regional | :28:15. | :28:17. | |
differences was up in Telford, women in full-time work are earning 1 % | :28:18. | :28:23. | |
less than men in full-time work I would like to ask the Minister what | :28:24. | :28:29. | |
further action can be taken to address that kind of discrepancy? I | :28:30. | :28:34. | |
thank her for that question. The gender pay gap regulations, when | :28:35. | :28:36. | |
published and put into practice will help because they will make | :28:37. | :28:40. | |
employers think about the issues and report on them. I will also | :28:41. | :28:43. | |
encourage at two host an evdnt and hope constituency as a new lember of | :28:44. | :28:50. | |
Parliament, she can highlight best practice. While she is narrowing the | :28:51. | :28:52. | |
gap, she might like to think about the breakdown of industries in | :28:53. | :29:00. | |
constituency and think about how we might get them on and -- we might | :29:01. | :29:09. | |
get women involved in those. There is proportionate in the public | :29:10. | :29:12. | |
sector, and in the sort of low paid jobs that the Prime Minister | :29:13. | :29:19. | |
yesterday called menial. Wotld he agree with me that the failtre to | :29:20. | :29:22. | |
publish a response to consultation six months later is disrespdctful to | :29:23. | :29:29. | |
the many organisations and individuals who responded | :29:30. | :29:32. | |
consultation in the hopes of doing something about the situation. I am | :29:33. | :29:39. | |
sorry to hear her make both of those boys because it is not... Does macro | :29:40. | :29:42. | |
both of those points. I think actually what peopld want is | :29:43. | :29:52. | |
for us to get the Government response right, they want to make | :29:53. | :29:54. | |
sure that we have thought through the regulations and the imp`ct. I | :29:55. | :29:57. | |
said we will publish that shortly and that is what we will do. I hope | :29:58. | :30:02. | |
that the Minister and the whole house will welcome the establishment | :30:03. | :30:06. | |
of the all-party group on women and work, of which I am vice-ch`ir. I | :30:07. | :30:12. | |
know that she said a member of staff to the day. I hope that she will | :30:13. | :30:15. | |
resolve to work with the all-party group to look at the challenges | :30:16. | :30:20. | |
faced by women, looking at looking after children and there is possible | :30:21. | :30:30. | |
it is, looking at the gaps. I warmly welcome the parliament triggered. | :30:31. | :30:35. | |
Another group has set up about women in enterprise. I am glad thdy are | :30:36. | :30:38. | |
set up by parliamentarians. Of course, the ministers and I will | :30:39. | :30:43. | |
work with all of the groups. She is right, the research yesterd`y, was | :30:44. | :30:50. | |
evidence given to the all-p`rty group, it is harder to get back into | :30:51. | :30:57. | |
the workplace after maternity leave. Number 11, Mr Speaker. On p`ge | :30:58. | :31:03. | |
carers are the unsung heroes of our society. That is why the 2004 care | :31:04. | :31:09. | |
act gave carers knew right `m focusing on their well-being, | :31:10. | :31:11. | |
including their employment. In 015, the Government extended the right to | :31:12. | :31:16. | |
request flexible working ard good and we are also investing ?0.6 | :31:17. | :31:20. | |
million in nine pilot sites, exploring ways to support pdople who | :31:21. | :31:25. | |
are combining work and caring response of the 80s. I thank her for | :31:26. | :31:28. | |
her response was up according to a recent report from the Department of | :31:29. | :31:37. | |
Health, the costs have been estimated to be around... | :31:38. | :31:47. | |
refers to was a landmark in demonstrating the business case for | :31:48. | :31:54. | |
investing in camera friendlx policies. This government h`s been | :31:55. | :32:00. | |
working to raise awareness `mongst employers of this issue and of the | :32:01. | :32:02. | |
cost of leaving this issue unaddressed. The pilot schele, 1.6 | :32:03. | :32:10. | |
million, will be invaluable in helping us establish the rest forms | :32:11. | :32:16. | |
of support for carers and also backing the employers for c`rers | :32:17. | :32:19. | |
report, which provides resotrces to implement carer friendly policies. | :32:20. | :32:29. | |
The government has announced ?4 million of funding for domestic | :32:30. | :32:35. | |
abuse services, as well as ` ?2 million grant to support early | :32:36. | :32:42. | |
intervention. We will shortly publish a strategy to identhfy how | :32:43. | :32:51. | |
we will do more to identify long-term funding for these services | :32:52. | :32:56. | |
and support for victims. Whhlst the government funding is welcole, a | :32:57. | :33:00. | |
long-term sustainable appro`ch is needed. What discussions has the | :33:01. | :33:06. | |
Minister had with service providers about long-term solutions and what | :33:07. | :33:11. | |
does the Minister considered to be long-term in these situations? It is | :33:12. | :33:24. | |
nice to see him there, even if not on the front bench. I have taken | :33:25. | :33:28. | |
part in the number of round tables with service providers, | :33:29. | :33:30. | |
commissioners and others to make sure we understand the issuds | :33:31. | :33:33. | |
service providers and commissioners service providers and commissioners | :33:34. | :33:37. | |
face and to look at the long-term solution. He right. Service | :33:38. | :33:41. | |
providers need to know therd are funding is sustainable so they can | :33:42. | :33:45. | |
continue delivering services and focus on victims. We appointed Lord | :33:46. | :33:57. | |
Davies in 2010 and have fully supported his work. We welcomed his | :33:58. | :34:05. | |
final report and back his ndw recommendations for business led 33% | :34:06. | :34:17. | |
targets for FTS to boards. Could I ask what plans government House to | :34:18. | :34:24. | |
ensure businesses of all sizes understand the financial and | :34:25. | :34:26. | |
productivity benefits of having a diverse make up of senior tdams | :34:27. | :34:37. | |
Companies with more diverse boards are more responsive to the larket | :34:38. | :34:41. | |
and can access the wider talent pool. It is better for business We | :34:42. | :34:46. | |
will progress with our business led government supported approach, but | :34:47. | :34:53. | |
we are not complacent by anx means. We will continue to liaise with all | :34:54. | :35:01. | |
sides to push this forward. There are gender differences over a range | :35:02. | :35:07. | |
of health outcomes. Women lhve longer than men but that gap is | :35:08. | :35:14. | |
closing. We are promoting hdalthier lifestyles. Action is led locally to | :35:15. | :35:24. | |
ensure there are solutions to local gender and other health inepuality. | :35:25. | :35:30. | |
Female suicide rates have ddcreased, but male suicide rates have remained | :35:31. | :35:37. | |
stubbornly high. 130,000 men have committed suicide. What will she do | :35:38. | :35:45. | |
with the Department of Health to tackle the serious problem? The | :35:46. | :35:53. | |
Health Minister was keen to beat today but is at an LGB T conference. | :35:54. | :36:06. | |
This is an important issue. The Prime Minister's commitment to | :36:07. | :36:08. | |
invest in mental health services this week will be important in this | :36:09. | :36:19. | |
space. Will the leader of the out campaign give us the business | :36:20. | :36:20. |