speaker, the labour minister barbara castle introduced the equal pay act. but women are still paid 17% less than men, and under this government the gender pay gap is estimated to take men, gende0 years to close. why hasn't the prime minister followed labour's it lead and st there now recclosing it by 2030? >> mr. nspeaker, not only are there now record when ininth appointment n this country but the gender pay gap is atake pay gand it was this conservate government that make sure the company said report on the gender pay gap, mr. speaker. >> 17% gap that is too big, tooo wide and should be closed and a government should do it. somethg about it. peakmr. speaker, every fortnight, three women are killed by their partner or ex-partnerrdo herereo domestic violence is onlyly likely to increase its large numbers of people are having to self isolate. ten years of austerity has denied the funding they need to support victims ofofwi domestic abuse. will he commit to the extra 173 million needed every year to ensure that survivors get the support they so desperately ne

people who were prepared to be different and say things that were different, whether that was barbara castleand i do want to celebrate the difficult women, the battle axes and the rebels. among others in the 100, the current mother of the house. the country at work is made up of women and men at work, and parliament is no different, so it's important to normalise that and make sure that it's no longer a gentleman's club run by an old boy's network but women are expecting an equal say. and a certain former prime minister. first of all, in terms of front line politics, it's partly about showing other women who are in front line politics. and therefore people can look at us and say, "yeah, that's something i can do." sadly, of course, at the 2019 election, a number of women stepped down — and some women have had really bad experiences from harassment and bullying online — and that's an issue i think we need to be very well aware of. we have different views and different opinions in politics, but we should respect each other‘s use and have just a proper debate about them. so, what advice would m

they have been raped in order to get benefits for their child. 50 years ago, the labour minister barbara castlers to close. why hasn't the prime minister followed labour's lead and set a target for closing it by 2030? not only are there now record numbers of women in employment in this country, but the gender pay gap is at a record low. and it was this conservative government that made sure that companies had to report on the gender pay gap. a 17% gap, it is too big, too wide and should be closed and the government should do something about it. mr speaker, every fortnight, three women are killed by their partner or ex partner. domestic violence is only likely to increase of large numbers of people are having to self—isolate. ten years of austerity has denied councils the funding they need to support victims of domestic abuse. will he commit to the extra 173 million needed every year to ensure that survivors get the support they so desperately need? we have just put record funding back into councils to support them in all of their responsibilities and we are committed, and when he talks of domes