§ Mr. BradyTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions what recent advice he has taken from other European countries which allow positive discrimination in the selection of candidates for elected office. [644]
§ Mr. RaynsfordGovernment officials recently attended a seminar aiming to examine what can be learned from legal frameworks in other European countries in regard to changing the law to improve women's representation in politics.
The Government will be preparing legislation to allow political parties to make positive moves to increase the representation of women in public life.