Part of Women and Equalities – in the House of Commons at on 10 February 2021.
Elizabeth Truss
The Secretary of State for International Trade and President of the Board of Trade, Minister for Women and Equalities
My hon. Friend is right that unconscious bias training has been shown not to work and in fact can be counterproductive. The best way to improve equality is to make the system fairer by increasing choice and openness. For example, making systems around pay and promotion more transparent and open has been shown by the evidence to improve equality for everybody.