Tom Pursglove
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(8 years, 9 months ago)
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Caroline Dinenage
We have made enormous progress on that and a third of the Cabinet is now female. I do not like the idea of quotas—I may speak for myself on that—and I do not like anybody thinking that the women in Parliament or in our Cabinet are there only because we took men out of the equation. We know that all women in Parliament and in our Cabinet are there under their own merits.
Tom Pursglove (Corby) (Con)
What steps are the Government taking to promote mentoring and positive role models to encourage greater participation in public life across all sectors?
Caroline Dinenage
Mentoring can play a fantastic role in all areas of public life and business. The Meet a Mentor scheme across the UK is encouraging women into business, and I would like such schemes to be extended to other areas of public and political life.