Women’s Suffrage Centenary Debate

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Drew Hendry

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Women’s Suffrage Centenary

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Points of Order
Tuesday 6th February 2018

(6 years, 2 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Amber Rudd Portrait Amber Rudd
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Yes, I am delighted to join the hon. Lady in adding my congratulations to the Co-operative Women’s Guild.

Drew Hendry Portrait Drew Hendry (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey) (SNP)
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One hundred years on from gaining the vote, too many girls and women still have to struggle too hard to reach their potential and for equality. What the change showed 100 years ago is that sometimes the law is required for real equality. Will the Minister follow the example of Iceland and make it illegal to pay men more than women?

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