Debates between Baroness Morgan of Cotes and Caroline Dinenage during the 2015-2017 Parliament

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Debate between Baroness Morgan of Cotes and Caroline Dinenage
Thursday 14th April 2016

(8 years, 7 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Caroline Dinenage Portrait Caroline Dinenage
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The answer is not to change the names of the men, as someone has suggested.

Caroline Dinenage Portrait Caroline Dinenage
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Yes, more Carolines. The hon. Member for Hove (Peter Kyle) is absolutely right, which is why the Government have done more than ever before to encourage FTSE 100 companies to address that issue. There are now no all-male boards in the FTSE 100. The next stage is to look at the executive pipeline and to make sure that we are encouraging women at every stage, so that we have more women on boards than ever before.