Women in the Workplace

Lord Hamilton of Epsom Excerpts

Thursday 9th July 2015 Lords Chamber

[Baroness Williams of Trafford]

The noble Lord asks a good question. The ONS monitors gender pay differences by department. I am very pleased that, in my own department, four out of seven of the senior executives are women, including the Permanent Secretary.

[Lord Hamilton of Epsom (Con)]

Is there not serious evidence of inequality in that a far higher percentage of women are employed than men?

[Baroness Williams of Trafford]

In other words, we are going in the opposite direction. I think it is only a good thing that more women are employed in senior positions. This Government have made a real effort in that direction.