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Sir Keir told MPs that the commission would only go over old cases if there were "compelling reasons".

Insisting she "would never use children as a weapon", Mahmood said she had a duty to get rid of reasons for putting children on dangerous small boats crossing the Channel.

Women tend to take breaks from the workforce for family caregiving reasons more than men do, and women also face a lingering pay gap, Shamrell said.

One reason for the decrease, DeGroff said, is it takes time for regional offices to identify claims in line with the new priorities and with enough merit to file a federal complaint.

The Welsh party was in the headlines for the wrong reasons last year, during Vaughan Gething's brief reign as first minister, following a row over donations to his leadership campaign.