Women’s Contribution to the Economy

The hon. Lady and I share a great interest in the role of female entrepreneurs in our regional ec...

I know all too well the importance of women in the economy, having worked in my family business f...

I thank my hon. Friend for his intervention, and I agree that the role modelling to women needs t...

On that point, my partner is a maths teacher and one of the things that he struggles with is gett...

I entirely agree with my hon. Friend that maths is an A-level that is prized by all employers, an...

I congratulate my right hon. Friend on securing this debate. Does she share my concern about indu...

Testosterone is far too racy a subject to start talking about mid-afternoon on a Thursday. Actual...

I apologise in advance for having to depart; I hope to come back later, but I am on a Public Bill...

Absolutely. The hon. Lady makes a good point and she shows perfect timing. I have a lot of materi...

I am being pre-emptive in thanking my right hon. Friend for securing this debate. I should like t...

My hon. Friend makes a good point. He has been a role model to his children, who will remember th...

I am not sure about that!

I am optimistic that that will be so. It may take a long time before the kids say, “Thank you ver...

I congratulate the right hon. Member for Meriden (Mrs Spelman) on leading the call for this debat...

I am listening closely to the hon. Lady. It is regrettable that older women are paid less—I decla...

The hon. Lady is right that the motherhood penalty goes through a woman’s career, which is one of...

The hon. Lady is making some powerful and important points. Does she accept that, although there ...

I heard the hon. Gentleman’s earlier intervention on women having to be role models for other wom...

I am delighted, Mr Robertson, to serve under your chairmanship. I congratulate my right hon. Frie...

I welcome what the hon. Lady says about having an all-women shortlist, but on women board members...

The hon. Lady makes a very good point, but I think my hon. Friend the Member for Suffolk Coastal ...

It is a great pleasure to participate in this debate under your chairmanship, Mr Robertson. I par...

The present chief executive of Mars in Slough is a woman, which is rare in a manufacturing compan...

It is. I know Fiona Dawson well, and she is an inspirational lady. She is a busy lady as well, bu...

I have been consulting with women in my constituency about child care. One thing a number of them...

It is an interesting idea. The hon. Lady will probably realise that I am not into legislating for...

My hon. Friend might find it interesting to learn that a lot of university engineering courses re...

I thank my right hon. Friend for making that point—I was not aware of that. I could spend another...

Will my hon. Friend give way?

I will in one moment. One of the most interesting witnesses we talked to was from British Aerospa...

My hon. Friend is being generous in taking a further intervention. Does she agree that we ought t...

I welcome my right hon. Friend’s thinking on that point. She should make that suggestion in writi...

Further to that point, would it not be better to give unconscious bias training to Members of Par...

I will not take that personally.

I am sure nobody was talking about you, Mr Robertson. I recognise that issue, too. I will not get...

My hon. Friend is being incredibly generous in giving way. I want to give grist to her mill by sa...

I thank my hon. Friend for that comment. I understand that the management board and Ministers in ...

I recently met some senior women in higher education, who said that head-hunters are a barrier to...

I find that fascinating. I have not thought about higher education because I have been focusing o...

It was a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Robertson. I am sorry that you are leaving...

On the point about public appointments and women, I have been chasing Government Departments sinc...

My hon. Friend makes a very good point.

rose—

I think I am just about to be intervened on by somebody who might have the answer.

Just for the record, the Government achieved a 50:50 ratio of men and women in the role of perman...

I am not sure that that answers the question asked by my hon. Friend the Member for Slough (Fiona...

It is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Sheridan. I congratulate my right hon...

Did the Minister read the report produced by the Select Committee on Science and Technology follo...

That is an important point. There never seem to be enough hours in the day, somehow, but I promis...

One of the things that my constituents say to me is that because they cannot get legal aid and pr...

The hon. Lady has raised that issue before, and I know that she is concerned about it. As she kno...

I want to point out that I raised the question of the gender pay gap. I mentioned that in 2012-13...

I apologise to the shadow Minister for not mentioning the fact that she had raised the gender pay...

Will the Minister give way?

If I can just finish my point. The hon. Member for Slough asked how many of the appointments were...

It is the issue I was going to raise, and I am grateful to the Minister for her offer to write to...

I shall do my very best to provide the hon. Lady with the information she has requested. I would ...

I raised the issue of departmental boards. They are obviously not representative, and I know that...

May I write to the hon. Lady on that, just as I will write to the hon. Member for Slough?

T...

Thank you for allowing me to wind up the debate, Mr Sheridan. It gives me the opportunity to put ...