Question to the Department for Education:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the finding in the recent World Bank survey, <i>Women, Business and the Law 2016</i>, that 155 out of 173 countries, including the UK, still have at least one law impeding women’s economic opportunities.

This report provides an interesting assessment of women's rights around the world, with a particular emphasis on how they are treated under the law. Unsurprisingly the UK is cited as providing a strong legal framework, and further progress that we have made is set out in many areas. We will continue to work with other countries to promote women's rights.