Work and Pensions

Diana Johnson Excerpts
Wednesday 22nd October 2025

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Written Corrections
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The following extract is from the Westminster Hall debate on World Menopause Day on 16 October 2025.
Diana Johnson Portrait Dame Diana Johnson
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… I am pleased that my first debate in Parliament as the new Minister for employment is about menopause. Women make up 51% of the workplace, and every woman will go through menopause.

[Official Report, 16 October 2025; Vol. 773, c. 219WH.]

Written correction submitted by the Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions, the right hon. Member for Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham (Dame Diana Johnson):

Diana Johnson Portrait Dame Diana Johnson
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… I am pleased that my first debate in Parliament as the new Minister for employment is about menopause. Women make up 48% of the workplace, and every woman will go through menopause.