Just for the record, the Government achieved a 50:50 ratio of men and women in the role of permanent secretary when a female permanent secretary was appointed to my Department in 2012. Much more interesting questions are why there is such an attrition rate among those women in senior positions, and why there might have been a falling away.
Women’s Contribution to the Economy
Proceeding contribution from
Caroline Spelman
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Thursday, 6 March 2014.
It occurred during Adjournment debate
and
Backbench debate on Women’s Contribution to the Economy.
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