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of parliament, young, as you vejust said. and also, one of the first generation of working mums in the house of commons. how difficult was that? we take for granted now, because of the sheer number of women there are in politics now, even though of course there are still many challenges for them. we take for granted a lot of provision, understanding made. i imagine just 25 years ago it didn t feel like that at all. no, it was. ithink. i mean, there were, we had a big increase in the number of women in 1997 so i think that made it much easier for me than, say, for harriet harman and her generation. but it was a bit mad. and there was a sense, as well, that you should try and not talk about it too much. you know, not admit that you were juggling so many different things. so i stopped doing red boxes in the evening when i became a minister, i would do them at weekends but not
the difficulty when people actually are desperate to work, really want to, but long term sickness or difficulties, or disabilities, can end up holding people back and actually, what you need to do is to support people. it s certainly what s happening now. you have got a massive drop in the number of people who are in the labour market. you ve got a big increase in the people on long term sickness, partly because of long covid. you need to actively help people and i don t think that is happening. happily, you did recover. you became a member of parliament, young, as you ve just said. and also, one of the first generation of working mums in the house of commons. how difficult was that? we take for granted now, because of the sheer number of women there are in politics now, even though of course there are still many challenges for them. we take for granted a lot of provision, understanding made. i imagine just 25 years ago it didn t feel like that at all. no, it was.
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