Equal Pay Legislation - Question

Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 2:45 pm on 10 March 2020.

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Photo of Baroness Warsi Baroness Warsi Conservative 2:45, 10 March 2020

My Lords, my noble friend will agree, as will other noble Lords, that this House fundamentally believes that people should receive equal pay for equal work, irrespective of their gender. She will also be aware that we often find out whether we are being paid equally for equal work only after costly court proceedings when things go wrong. Does she agree that, since 79% of women and 74% of men say that the right to know is a good thing, the Government should take heed of it and make sure that pledges on equal pay for equal work—50 years on from the Equal Pay Act—are met in the forthcoming Bill?