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Baroness Hussein-Ece

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Women: Public Life

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Tuesday 21st October 2014

(9 years, 6 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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I was delighted with the debate in this and the other House. We congratulate the church on this historic event.

Baroness Hussein-Ece Portrait Baroness Hussein-Ece (LD)
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My Lords, there are 30 million women in the United Kingdom yet we seem to have problems finding 325 to become MPs. Is it not time that we studied successful examples in other countries which have adopted quotas in one form or another and different systems to achieve a better balance?

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