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Employment: Women

Asked by Liz JarvisLiberal DemocratWomen and EqualitiesTabled Answered 19 March 2025UIN 903274

The question

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help women re-enter the workforce.

Answered by Bridget Phillipson

The Government is committed to tackling the challenges women face in the labour market, whether they want to find a job, return to work, or progress in-work. We are driving this forward through the support measures in the Employment Rights Bill, Make Work Pay and the Get Britain Working White Paper. We are making flexible learning a Day One right, opening up access to childcare with £8 billion investment to roll out further free hours, and tackling the gender pay gap to ensure women are paid fairly.

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