equal liability of men and women over 60 in respect of National Insurance contributions (NICs);
mitigation, and no further aggravation, of the present inequality as between men and women in state pension provision due to the continuing unequal state pension ages (lasting until year 2020);
substantially equal public funding for medical research into and treatment of male and female specific diseases;
funding for research into the reasons for and means of reducing the persistent difference in life expectancy between men and women;
equal status for separated parents and more rigorous enforcement of child contact and of maintenance orders;
equal treatment of victims of domestic violence, both male and female, and their children;
effective Government policies to encourage a more even balance between men and women in primary school teaching;
equal anonymity for defendants and complainants in sex offence cases until conviction;
equal provisions for men and women in all statutory and public policies and benefits.