I read that an EU member state has a target of attaining 60% female participation in the workplace by 2010. It is so confident that it will achieve this target that it has an interim target of 57%, to be attained by 2005. This constitutes a fundamental transformation in social roles. The Government, through the changes proposed in the Bill, has obviously recognised the need for a more family-friendly employment policy to enable working husbands and wives to reconcile their working lives with their family lives.