§ Ms. HarmanTo ask the Attorney-General if he will estimate what percentage of women who have qualified as solicitors have remained in the profession for more than four years in each of the years 1978 to 1984.
§ The Attorney-GeneralI regret that I am unable to provide the information that is requested. However, I understand from the Law Society that a career structure survey conducted in 1987 indicated that 56 per cent. of those women who qualified as solicitors in 1977 remained in the profession full-time; 75 per cent. of women who qualified as solicitors in 1982 remained in the profession full-time.
§ Ms. HarmanTo ask the Attorney-General if he will estimate what percentage of those qualifying as solicitors in each of the years 1978 to 1988 were women.
§ The Attorney-GeneralI understand from the Law Society that the percentage of those qualifying as solicitors in each of the years 1978 to 1988 who were women is as follows:
per cent. 1978 26 1979 27 1980 29 1981 31 1982 35 1983 37 1984 39 1985 41 1986 44 1987 45 1988 45