Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department plans to mark the centenary of women getting the right to vote in 1918.

The Department will support and publicise a number of events being held across government to mark the centenary of women getting the right to vote in 1918. In addition, the Suffragette Flag will be raised on Tuesday, 6 February at 1 Victoria Street to mark the occasion and show support for this important anniversary.

The Department, in collaboration with Parliament, will also host this year’s cross-Whitehall International Women’s Day celebrations on the 8^th March. We will celebrate the impact of women in public service over the last 100 years; consider how women in public service can take action to increase their impact today; and challenge attendees to dream big and increase impact over the next decade.