Earnings: Mothers and Fathers - Question

Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 3:39 pm on 13 March 2024.

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Photo of Baroness Altmann Baroness Altmann Conservative 3:39, 13 March 2024

My Lords, it is commendable that the Government have done something to improve pension outcomes for women, who are particularly disadvantaged given that they automatically have lower lifetime earnings, due to caring roles, but is there anything further that the Government might be able to do? Perhaps there could be some kind of review of the overall lifetime earnings patterns of women who have to care both for children and older relatives in other stages of their life so that the disadvantage might be remedied in some way, either by contributions from a partner, which are currently not encouraged, or by some other mechanism.