<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5892199.post6961372578589362762..comments</id><updated>2009-06-30T08:36:28.081+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on Lynne's Parliament and Haringey diary: Equality Bill: equal pay</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5892199/6961372578589362762/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5892199/6961372578589362762/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.lynnefeatherstone.org/2009/06/equality-bill-equal-pay.htm'/><author><name>Lynne Featherstone MP</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08454919891088816178</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>3</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5892199.post-4700142213110065033</id><published>2009-06-30T01:07:39.813+01:00</published><updated>2009-06-30T01:07:39.813+01:00</updated><title type='text'>"Yes women also suffer pay wise for their caring a...</title><summary type='text'>&amp;quot;Yes women also suffer pay wise for their caring and child bearing responsibilities - but there is still a major part of the pay gap laid directly at discrimination door. Work done wholly by women and part time work, which women take because of their caring responsibilities - are incredibly poorly paid&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I&amp;#39;ve no idea what you&amp;#39;re trying to say here. Seems to be exactly </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5892199/6961372578589362762/comments/default/4700142213110065033'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5892199/6961372578589362762/comments/default/4700142213110065033'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.lynnefeatherstone.org/2009/06/equality-bill-equal-pay.htm?showComment=1246320459813#c4700142213110065033' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.lynnefeatherstone.org/2009/06/equality-bill-equal-pay.htm' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5892199.post-6961372578589362762' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5892199/posts/default/6961372578589362762' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5892199.post-4660864735602087604</id><published>2009-06-29T08:11:51.641+01:00</published><updated>2009-06-29T08:11:51.641+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Typical non-factual response from anonymous. And w...</title><summary type='text'>Typical non-factual response from anonymous. And when are you going to have the balls to put your name to your post? You are wrong on figures but more importantly you are simply putting the Tory line that discimination is not a major part of the pay gap - other reasons are. Dissected in Bill committee this Tory argument did not hold water. Yes women also suffer pay wise for their caring and child</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5892199/6961372578589362762/comments/default/4660864735602087604'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5892199/6961372578589362762/comments/default/4660864735602087604'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.lynnefeatherstone.org/2009/06/equality-bill-equal-pay.htm?showComment=1246259511641#c4660864735602087604' title=''/><author><name>Lynne Featherstone MP</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08454919891088816178</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='05514769102042470786'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.lynnefeatherstone.org/2009/06/equality-bill-equal-pay.htm' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5892199.post-6961372578589362762' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5892199/posts/default/6961372578589362762' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5892199.post-4774306434421465903</id><published>2009-06-29T06:34:27.732+01:00</published><updated>2009-06-29T06:34:27.732+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Once again complete and utter nonsense form Lynne ...</title><summary type='text'>Once again complete and utter nonsense form Lynne on this issue:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;women are still paid 17% less then men for equal work - we are sick of waiting.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The recognised official figure for the pay gap is 12.8%. Yet even that has absolutely nothing to do with equal work - it is just the difference in full time earnings. As most people know men tend to be more experienced, </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5892199/6961372578589362762/comments/default/4774306434421465903'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5892199/6961372578589362762/comments/default/4774306434421465903'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.lynnefeatherstone.org/2009/06/equality-bill-equal-pay.htm?showComment=1246253667732#c4774306434421465903' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.lynnefeatherstone.org/2009/06/equality-bill-equal-pay.htm' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5892199.post-6961372578589362762' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5892199/posts/default/6961372578589362762' type='text/html'/></entry></feed>