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Jobs for the Girls: Two Years On

The Minister's light-hearted jibe a moment ago about my expectation to be a signalman and hers to be an MP touches on a serious point: it is about expectation. When I was a young lad, in my teenage years I lived in a 22 ft by 7 ft caravan. There was no expectation that someone from such a background would become an MP. Changing people's expectations of what they can achieve is important, whether it is a matter of social inclusion or gender that is the bias.