Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Caroline Dinenage and Peter Kyle

Thursday 14th April 2016 Commons Chamber

[Peter Kyle (Hove) (Lab)]

The private sector has made great progress in gender equality in recent years, but there is still a big problem. Research by Simon Fanshawe has proved that there are more men called Andrew, David and John in senior positions in FTSE 100 companies than there are women. What more can the Government do to incentivise good practice and better gender equality in the FTSE 100? [Interruption.]

[Caroline Dinenage]

The answer is not to change the names of the men, as someone has suggested.