Statement by Bob Mason - Director HR Planning, BT

"The Equal Opportunities Commission remit to the Equal Pay Task Force was straightforward enough. Put simply, the Task Force was invited to identify ways in which that element of the enduring pay gap between men and women, due to discrimination, could be eliminated."

"Just pay the final report of the Equal Pay Task Force sets out the minimum range of measures required to make real progress in eliminating this discriminatory gap. I hope that you will agree that the report is both practical and pragmatic in meeting the needs of the various organisations and institutions affected."