“…Earlier work has underlined the greater propensity of the political Left to advance the SRW (Childs and Withey, 2004;Chaney, 2012 Atkins, 1986). Examples include the pledge that legislation will be brought before you with the aim of ending sex discrimination (ansard, (C Debates, 29 October 1974, vol 354, col 3) 7 and the commitment to take forward legislation to promote equality, narrow the gap between rich and poor and tackle discrimination [… and] address the differences in pay between men and women (ansard, HC Debates, 18 November 2009, Vol 436, Col 1.).…”