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Topical debate on Thursday, 11 March 2010, in the House of Commons, led by Baroness Harman.

International Women's Day

Topical debate on a motion to consider the matter of International Women's Day - women's representation. Agreed on question.

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Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
507 c467-90 
Session
2009-10
Department
Leader of the House of Commons
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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Proceeding contributions
Speaker | 507 c476 (Link to this contribution) Order. Let me explain the dilemma of the Chair to the House. I am going to call the hon. Member for ...
Baroness May of Maidenhead | 507 c475-6 (Link to this contribution) The Leader of the House may say that, but we are not able to have a full debate exploring issues suc...
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Baroness Featherstone | 507 c476-7 (Link to this contribution) Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker. I shall endeavour to be as succinct as possible. I am pleased to take...
Speaker | 507 c475 (Link to this contribution) Order. With no disrespect to the hon. Lady, I hope that the right hon. Lady will forgive me for poin...
Baroness Clark of Kilwinning | 507 c475 (Link to this contribution) The right hon. Lady spoke about the difficulties for women in particular of juggling the role of an ...
Baroness May of Maidenhead | 507 c475 (Link to this contribution) Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker. It is important to have child care facilities in the House, but ther...
Baroness May of Maidenhead | 507 c474 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my hon. Friend for that contribution. She raises a very important point, which she ...
Baroness May of Maidenhead | 507 c474-5 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the hon. Lady for clarifying her position, and I am happy to echo the tribute that ...
Ann Cryer | 507 c474 (Link to this contribution) I know that the hon. Member for Epping Forest (Mrs. Laing) punches above her weight, but I want to c...
Anne Begg | 507 c478-80 (Link to this contribution) I am delighted to be able to speak in this debate. I am vice-chair of the Speaker's Conference, and ...
Baroness Featherstone | 507 c478 (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend for that intervention. How do we begin to change the atmosphere? That is the ...
John Barrett | 507 c478 (Link to this contribution) When I was a member of a council group, 50 per cent. of it was male and 50 per cent. female. However...
Baroness Featherstone | 507 c477 (Link to this contribution) That goes to the heart of some of what is wrong in this House, and of why there are so few women in ...
Speaker | 507 c477 (Link to this contribution) Order. May I appeal to the hon. Member to desist from sedentary comments, which are not helping?
Christopher Fraser | 507 c477 (Link to this contribution) We have got some on our Benches, and so have the Government.
Baroness Featherstone | 507 c477 (Link to this contribution) I am not going to criticise colleagues for not being here—
Christopher Fraser | 507 c477 (Link to this contribution) Given what the hon. Lady has just said, is she as disappointed as the rest of us that not one female...
Claire Curtis-Thomas | 507 c481-2 (Link to this contribution) I, too, regret the fact that we have such a short time today for this very important discussion. I ...
Madeleine Moon | 507 c484-5 (Link to this contribution) I am pleased to follow the thoughtful contribution by the hon. Member for Kettering (Mr. Hollobone)....
Philip Hollobone | 507 c483-4 (Link to this contribution) It is a pleasure to follow the thoughtful contribution by the hon. Member for Crosby (Mrs. Curtis-Th...
Baroness Clark of Kilwinning | 507 c487-8 (Link to this contribution) It is a privilege to have the opportunity to contribute to what has been a short but healthy debate ...
Mohammad Sarwar | 507 c485-7 (Link to this contribution) I wholeheartedly welcome this debate taking place in the House. It is a sign of the progress that we...
Vera Baird | 507 c488-90 (Link to this contribution) I want to take a minute or two to thank everyone who has participated in the debate, male and female...
Baroness Harman | 507 c467 (Link to this contribution) I beg to move,"That this House has considered the matter of international women's day—women's repres...
Baroness May of Maidenhead | 507 c467 (Link to this contribution) The Minister refers to the need for women to have representation at an international level and to th...
Baroness Harman | 507 c467-8 (Link to this contribution) It is a question not of British women being nominated and standing in all posts, but of British wome...
Ann Cryer | 507 c468 (Link to this contribution) Does my right hon. and learned Friend agree that had it not been for the vast number of Labour women...
Baroness Harman | 507 c468 (Link to this contribution) That would not have been possible without Labour MPs, including my hon. Friend, raising the issue. S...
Baroness Harman | 507 c468 (Link to this contribution) I think Baroness Ashton will prove them wrong. We have all got full confidence in her. She will igno...
Jim Sheridan | 507 c472 (Link to this contribution) On gender pay, I assure the right hon. Lady that it was never an issue until women in the trade unio...
Baroness May of Maidenhead | 507 c472-3 (Link to this contribution) I am happy to record the fact that many women in areas of public life generally have taken up the is...
Lynda Waltho | 507 c473 (Link to this contribution) The right hon. Lady talks much about leading by example. Can she tell us how many women there are in...
Fiona Mactaggart | 507 c471 (Link to this contribution) I conducted some research on the difference that women had made in Parliament. One of the responses ...
Baroness Harman | 507 c471 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is absolutely right. I remember her research. There was a great deal of criticism of ...
Fiona Mactaggart | 507 c473 (Link to this contribution) In many ways, the right hon. Lady has made the point I wanted to make. Does she accept that even tho...
Baroness May of Maidenhead | 507 c474 (Link to this contribution) I assure the hon. Lady that the women's voices heard from the Conservative Benches after the electio...
Baroness Laing of Elderslie | 507 c474 (Link to this contribution) Does my right hon. Friend agree that it is sad—I really mean that—that so many women on the Labour B...
Baroness Harman | 507 c469 (Link to this contribution) I think it is very important for women not only to have the right to vote, but to be able to vote fo...
Baroness Laing of Elderslie | 507 c469 (Link to this contribution) In this debate a year ago, the right hon. and learned Lady agreed with me that if we are to encourag...
Baroness Harman | 507 c468-9 (Link to this contribution) We expect the Equality Bill to continue its progress and finish its stages in the House of Lords, an...
William Cash | 507 c469 (Link to this contribution) While celebrating the work of women in politics, will the right hon. and learned Lady also accept th...
Sandra Osborne | 507 c468 (Link to this contribution) Will my right hon. and learned Friend confirm that that Bill will complete its passage through the H...
Baroness Harman | 507 c470-1 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend has been a great champion of service families, as she represents the naval city of Pl...
Baroness Harman | 507 c470 (Link to this contribution) I entirely agree, and I pay tribute to the work my right hon. Friend has done, especially when she w...
Linda Gilroy | 507 c470 (Link to this contribution) Does my right hon. and learned Friend agree that that especially applies to the women in families of...
Baroness Harman | 507 c470 (Link to this contribution) One of the different perspectives women have brought to the House is an understanding of the importa...
Patricia Hewitt | 507 c470 (Link to this contribution) I thank my right hon. and learned Friend for what she has just said about the '97 intake of women MP...
Baroness Featherstone | 507 c477 (Link to this contribution) Indeed, and I have my hon. Friend the Member for Edinburgh, West (John Barrett)—
Jim Sheridan | 507 c468 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. and learned Friend will be aware of the negative comments in the press and elsewhere a...
Baroness May of Maidenhead | 507 c471-2 (Link to this contribution) I am pleased once again to speak in a debate to mark international women's day. It is an important d...
Baroness Laing of Elderslie | 507 c480-1 (Link to this contribution) It is a genuine pleasure to speak after the hon. Member for Aberdeen, South (Miss Begg). From time t...
Baroness May of Maidenhead | 507 c473 (Link to this contribution) Yes indeed. There are six, and the proportion is higher than in the Government's Cabinet. The issue...
Subjects
Carers Candidates Women Equality Families Domestic abuse Gender Discrimination Members Government Equalities Office International Women's Day
Legislation
Equality Bill 2008-09 to 2009-10
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