Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: HM Treasury

Oral Answers to Questions

Stephen Mosley Excerpts
Tuesday 11th March 2014

(10 years, 7 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Sajid Javid Portrait Sajid Javid
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Appointments to the MPC should always be made on merit and—[Interruption.] Diversity is, of course, always an important consideration. Factors in decisions on appointing external members to the MPC include looking at career training and background as well as ethnicity and gender. [Interruption.] The Government would like to see more women on the MPC and will encourage them to apply. [Interruption.] It is also worth noting that four women have already been part of the MPC.

Stephen Mosley Portrait Stephen Mosley (City of Chester) (Con)
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Following on from the previous question, how will the Government be encouraging more women to apply for jobs on the MPC?

Sajid Javid Portrait Sajid Javid
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Whenever there is a vacancy on the MPC, the Government look at encouraging women to apply and will often invite women to apply to ensure that we can make our best efforts to increase diversity.