Egypt: Elections

Lord Hamilton of Epsom Excerpts
Thursday 24th January 2013

(11 years, 4 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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The noble Baroness makes an important point. I can assure her that the Government have been raising the issue of women’s rights both in relation to the election and more widely, such as the way in which the rights of women have been drafted into the current constitution. I also assure her that in my discussions next month, women’s rights will certainly be raised. This Minister certainly does not need prompting to raise them.

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Is my noble friend confident that there will be elections in Egypt this year or will it be yet another question of one man, one vote, once?