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Chi Onwurah
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(7 years, 4 months ago)
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Justine Greening
Absolutely. This is not just the right thing to do; it is the smart thing to do. I have a role on the UN High-Level Panel on Women’s Economic Empowerment, whose work showed that gender equality and women’s economic empowerment is one of the most powerful global levers for growth that we can pull. Indeed, McKinsey did work that suggested that if we bridged the gender gap here in the UK, it could add £150 billion to our GDP by 2025.
Mr Speaker
I will call the hon. Lady if she has a single-sentence question.
Chi Onwurah
International women in engineering day was 22 June. The Minister knows how important career choices are for women and the gender gap. What is she doing about that?
Justine Greening
One of the main actions we can take is to make sure that girls study maths and science at A-level. We know that that is a powerful way to keep those career options open to them.