§ 19. Caroline FlintTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what action he is taking to remove the obstacles to women's employment opportunities. [19160]
§ Mr. Nicholas BrownWomen can benefit from the range of New Deals and welfare-to-work initiatives that we have introduced to help people overcome the barriers to employment and to make work pay, such as working families tax credit, the national minimum wage, the national childcare strategy and the sure start programme.
Measures are also being introduced in the current Employment Bill that will help working mothers to remain within the workforce through better balancing of their work and home commitments. This is good for parents, children and business.
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