Socioeconomic Equality Duty

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath Excerpts

Thursday 18th November 2010 Lords Chamber

[Baroness Northover]

I am sorry. I did not realise the time.

[Lord Hunt of Kings Heath]

With respect, the noble Baroness rose on the 19th minute.

[Baroness Hussein-Ece]

Thank you. This is a quick question, but I have been thinking about it. We know that the gender pay gap has widened. The Equality Act was a long time in gestation and the pay gap is a central tenet of trying to reduce inequality in our society. What parts now being enacted will help to narrow that gender pay gap? That in itself would mitigate so much inequality in our society.