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Speech in General Committees - Mon 09 Mar 2020
Draft Tax Credits, Child Benefit and Guardian’s Allowance Up-rating Regulations 2020

"Will the right hon. Gentleman give way?..."
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Speech in General Committees - Mon 09 Mar 2020
Draft Tax Credits, Child Benefit and Guardian’s Allowance Up-rating Regulations 2020

"I do not know whether I have to declare an interest as somebody who, in the era that we are talking about, lived on tax credits. With regard to the Minister’s assertions about Germany as a comparator, does he think that the people who come to my office every single …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 13 Mar 2019
Spring Statement

"To follow up on that question, I am sure the Chancellor has noticed that there are children all over the country, including in the Prime Minister’s constituency—and among those children are my children—who will no longer be able to go to school all day on a Friday. My son’s school …..."
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Written Question
Revenue and Customs: Training
Tuesday 19th February 2019

Asked by: Jess Phillips (Labour - Birmingham Yardley)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what gender awareness training staff at HMRC have undertaken in relation to their role in enforcing payment of national minimum wage rates; and whether HMRC has a gender awareness strategy in place for implementing that role.

Answered by Mel Stride - Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer

The government is determined that everyone who is entitled to the NMW receives it. If anyone thinks they are not receiving at least the minimum wage, they can contact Acas, in confidence, on 0300 123 1100 or submit a query online using the link https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pay-and-work-rights-complaints .

Staff across HMRC contribute to enforcing NMW, including lawyers, technical advisers, and those specialising in criminal investigations.

All HMRC staff are required to complete mandatory training on Equality & Diversity, with a mandatory requirement for all managers to undertake the training on Unconscious Bias. In addition to these, HMRC has a selection of other gender awareness training courses available, which staff are encouraged to undertake as a part of their continuous professional development.

HMRC has a Gender Policy, which provides guidance on implementing all relevant legislative obligations, including the General Equality Duty in the Equality Act 2010 which applies to public sector organisations.

Written Question
Refuges: Domestic Abuse
Thursday 30th November 2017

Asked by: Jess Phillips (Labour - Birmingham Yardley)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will issue guidance to HM Revenue and Customs staff that they should accept reasonable third party evidence that a woman lives with her children in a refuge, following domestic abuse, as sufficient to demonstrate that she is responsible for, and living with, her children.

Answered by Mel Stride - Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) will take third party evidence into account when deciding on issues of child responsibility. HMRC recognises the particular needs of these vulnerable customers and has a dedicated team that prioritises any claims in this area.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 14 Dec 2016
Equality: Autumn Statement

"With regard to the infrastructure spending, which the Minister heralds as part of the recovery, how many of the jobs that will be created by that will go to women?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 14 Dec 2016
Equality: Autumn Statement

"I will make a more substantive speech about that shortly, but currently in the construction industry 1% of jobs go to women—1%. I ask the Minister again: what percentage of the jobs created by infrastructure spending does he think will go to women?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 14 Dec 2016
Equality: Autumn Statement

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 14 Dec 2016
Equality: Autumn Statement

"I am absolutely not saying that we should not spend money on infrastructure. What are the Government going to do to make sure that all the infrastructure spending set out in the autumn statement is shared equally between men’s and women’s jobs?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 14 Dec 2016
Equality: Autumn Statement

"I am going to talk about the productivity gap, which was mentioned in the autumn statement. I am going to stick to talking about the autumn statement, because that is the subject of the motion. The productivity gap is, in my opinion, one of the things we fail on repeatedly …..."
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