Member

Let me return to a point that I made to the Minister at the beginning of the debate. I am grateful for the answer that he gave me then. The Bill contains clauses about parental leave and bereavement leave—I pay tribute to the hon. Member for Luton North (Sarah Owen) for her dedication to this subject; it was very brave of her to bring her own experiences to the House—but it does not deal with all the aspects of menstrual health, and I think that that will need to be addressed in the other place. Endometriosis is a crippling disease, as I said in my intervention, and last Thursday I was proud to host an event at which it was discussed. I do not think people realise just how debilitating it can be for people in the workplace, and it deserves the same attention as any other aspect of menstrual health—a strategy like the menopause strategy, for instance. This constitutes a big hole in the Bill.