men and women and that women would continue to be poorer than men. 81. The limited allocation of funds to social welfare seemed to affect women much more than men. She wondered whether, in general, the United Kingdom's social welfare budget was shrinking. 82. Ms. UKEJE said that the Sex Discrimination Act of 1975 sought not only to ensure de iure equality but also to encourage de facto equality. She believed that if that Act, as well as the Equal Pay Act, the Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act and the Employment Act were strictly implemented, it would be seen that many of the reservations entered by the United Kingdom were unnecessary. She hoped that the United Kingdom would have withdrawn all of its reservations by the time it submitted its second periodic report. 83. Ms. GONZALEZ-MARTINEZ associated herself with earlier statements about the large number of reservations, and also endorsed the comments made by Ms. Ilié with respect to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. The United Kingdom continued to use the offensive and demeaning word "illegitimate" to describe children born out of wedlock. In many countries, that term had been deleted from the record. She wished to know what was the descriptive term applied to children whose mothers were not accompanied by the father when registration took place. She also wished to know how many refugee women were living in the United Kingdom. (Ms. Gonzalez-Martinez) 84. The initial report on the British Virgin Islands estimated that the population of that Territory was about 14,000 and that average per capita income was $6,000 per annum. Tourism, construction and banking and finance were the main activities in the British Virgin Islands. No information had been provided about per capita income on the Isle of Man, however, although it was approximately three times 
**Analysis**
The text discusses various social and economic issues in the United Kingdom, including the unequal allocation of funds to social welfare, sex discrimination, and reservations to international treaties. It also touches on the economic situation in the British Virgin Islands and the Isle of Man. These topics suggest that the category should be related to social and economic development, employment, and human rights.

**Category**
Employment, Human rights