Proceeding contribution from Jo Swinson (Liberal Democrat) in the House of Commons on Thursday, 12 January 2012. It occurred during Backbench debate on Parliamentary Representation.
Parliamentary Representation
I wanted to help the hon. Gentleman slightly by pointing out that he omitted to mention that his party was also the first to elect an out gay woman as the leader of any party within the UK. It became that when Ruth Davidson was elected as the Scottish Conservative leader.
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