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International Women's Day

I thank my right hon. and learned Friend for what she has just said about the '97 intake of women MPs, of which I was one, of course—and I am delighted to be succeeded in my constituency by another Labour woman candidate. My right hon. and learned Friend has referred several times to the problem of all-male decision making. Does she agree that much more needs to be done to ensure that women are properly represented at the top of all organisations, private as well as public sector, and that the experience of Norway in particular has shown that getting more women on to the boards of private companies improves the quality of decision making and the performance of those companies?