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
I am pleased to say that we saw the gender pay gap fall to a record low last year, but we need to continue making progress on that issue, including making sure that we are tackling the cause of the gender pay gap, and 35% of the cause is the fact that women and men are in different occupations. So we need to make it easier for women to get into high-paid jobs in areas such as technology, science, and engineering.