Oral Answers to Questions

Rosie Cooper Excerpts
Wednesday 18th March 2015

(9 years, 1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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John Bercow Portrait Mr Speaker
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Order. It would help the House and people attending to our proceedings if the answers could be heard.

Rosie Cooper Portrait Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire) (Lab)
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T3. What is the Secretary of State’s assessment of the strength of the Commission on the Status of Women’s political declaration and its implications for women’s rights?

Justine Greening Portrait Justine Greening
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As the hon. Lady will know, this year’s CSW was a vital discussion in order to make sure that we do not slide backwards on women’s rights, but position ourselves to get a stand-alone gender goal and mainstreamed improvements on tackling women’s rights across the new post-2015 framework. As it was hard for me to hear the whole of the hon. Lady’s question, I will check Hansard and write to her with a fuller response.