Proceeding contribution from Tulip Siddiq (Labour) in the House of Commons on Thursday, 7 December 2017. It occurred during Debate on select committee report on Women in the House of Commons.
Women in the House of Commons
Party leaders and most MPs share the objective of achieving equal representation. Almost all of them also accept that there is more to do in order to succeed.
The recent general election put the number of women in the House of Commons up to 208. That is just short of double where we were in 2001, when there were only 118 female MPs. Progress is not as fast as I believe we need it to be, but there is progress to be celebrated nevertheless.
To draw on my own experience, I first interned in the House of Commons 17 years ago—
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- Candidates Women Equality House of Commons Members
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