Speeches by Leadbeater.

“That is brilliant—thank you very much. That is very comprehensive. Summer, do you want to add anything to that, maybe with particular reference to any specific sectors where socioeconomic mobility is reversing, like creative industries or sport? Are there any specific concerns that you have, as well as the bigger pictu…”

“The final point, which Sarah alluded to, is that from a business perspective there is presumably a cost involved with reporting.”

“Do you agree with that, Victoria?”

“Sarah, would you support the Government including socioeconomic pay gap reporting alongside proposals for ethnicity and disability pay gap reporting?”

“That is brilliant, thank you. Victoria, is it similar for you? You are in a very different business, of course, but are there similar or different patterns?”

“Did you get any pushback about doing that piece of work and reporting?”

“Why did you start doing it in the first place? Have you found it valuable?”

“Most importantly, Paul, what was the winning Pot Noodle flavour?”

“Please write to me with that information. Paul, both your companies report on your socioeconomic pay gap. What trends have you found in relation to socioeconomic background and pay?”

“That is really helpful. As someone who has worked in a further education college, I think that is absolutely right, and I am pleased to see that the Government are placing more of an emphasis on that. As for the key drivers and the barriers, are there any specific things that you want to list?”

“Oh, Paul, come on!”

“Tori, do you want to finish off with my final bit about whether we have a particularly British problem with talking about these things or not?”

“Are there any countries that do it better?”

“It seems there is consensus that the NHS resources probably need a bit of a revamp.”

“Goodness me; thank you so much. This has already been amazing. What a fantastic panel of brilliant, wonderful experts. I will confess, I am part of the problem because I am generally a very open person, but I am not very good when it comes to these issues. I am guilty of talking about my bits. I am embarrassed that tha…”

“That is really helpful, Janet; thank you. As someone who has many teachers in my family and many friends who are teachers, I sometimes get slightly nervous about saying, “The teachers can do it, the teachers can do it,” because teachers have a lot to do as well as educating children and young people. I worry slightly a…”

“Thank you, everyone, for joining us this afternoon. One of the key issues in reproductive health is the lack of knowledge and information that girls can have about their bodies, about what is a normal period and when to seek support. It was not great when I was at school, which is quite a while ago now, but from speaki…”

“Fantastic, thank you. I have a couple of final points. I have a background in sport and physical education, so I would be interested to know if you have any observations about the relationships that can be made between girls and physical activity and sport as a result of issues that we know can cause problems for them …”

“Is there anything the NHS could do to improve its communication with young women in this area?”

“Brilliant, thank you. Katharine, This Committee’s December 2024 report on women’s reproductive health received a lot of media attention, and coverage of issues around women’s reproductive health has continued, thanks to the efforts of some very high-profile women, such as Naga Munchetty and Vicky Pattison, who sadly wa…”