Women in Parliament Alert Sample


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Information between 22nd March 2023 - 15th April 2024

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Parliamentary Debates
International Women’s Day: Language in Politics
51 speeches (14,610 words)
Thursday 29th February 2024 - Commons Chamber
Department for Business and Trade
Mentions:
1: Maria Miller (Con - Basingstoke) period.I would like to start the debate, on behalf of members of the all-party parliamentary group on women - Link to Speech
2: Maria Miller (Con - Basingstoke) , today I am pleased to be launching, along with colleagues in the all-party parliamentary group, a women - Link to Speech
3: Alex Davies-Jones (Lab - Pontypridd) When women in Parliament are under threat, our democracy suffers. - Link to Speech

Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill
158 speeches (26,989 words)
Committee stage part one
Monday 19th February 2024 - Lords Chamber
Scotland Office
Mentions:
1: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) allowed to be elected, and at each administrative level at least 30% of representatives have to be women - Link to Speech

State Pension Age (Compensation)
2 speeches (1,855 words)
1st reading
Wednesday 7th February 2024 - Commons Chamber

Mentions:
1: Alan Brown (SNP - Kilmarnock and Loudoun) the current Labour shadow Work and Pensions Secretary has never uttered the words “WASPI” or “1950s women - Link to Speech



Select Committee Documents
Thursday 9th November 2023
Written Evidence - Commonwealth Parliamentary Association UK Branch
SOT0048 - The Status of the UK’s Overseas Territories in the 21st Century

The Status of the UK’s Overseas Territories in the 21 Century - Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee

Found: It focuses on key priority themes including women in parliament, modern slavery, financial oversight

Thursday 9th November 2023
Written Evidence - Cardiff University School of Law & Politics
MHL0026 - Membership of the House of Lords

Membership of the House of Lords - Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee

Found: One of the reasons for the historical under-representation of women in Parliament is that the type of

Friday 30th June 2023
Formal Minutes - Formal Minutes 2022-23

Women and Equalities Committee

Found: Media reporting of women in Parliament Katy Searle, Interim Senior Controller, News Programmes and

Thursday 14th October 2021
Written Evidence - APPG Coalition
OSB0202 - Draft Online Safety Bill

Draft Online Safety Bill (Joint Committee)

Found: Responsibility APPG on Electoral Campaigning Transparency APPG for Media Literacy APPG on UN Women APPG on Women

Wednesday 17th March 2021
Oral Evidence - Mr Tony Wright (CEO at Forward Assist), Emma Norton (Founder at Centre for Military Justice (CMJ)), and Dame Vera Baird DBE QC - Victims Commissioner
Forward Assist, Centre for Military Justice (CMJ), and Dame Vera Baird DBE QC - Victims Commissioner

Armed Forces Bill Select Committee

Found: It surprises me, because this is reflected in every other setting, whether we are talking about women

Thursday 14th January 2021
Oral Evidence - 13 January 2021

Liaison Committee (Commons)

Found: Back in November , you made a pledge to make sure that there were more women in Parliament.



Tweets
Feryal Clark (Labour - Enfield North) - @FeryalClark
Shadow Minister (Crime Reduction)
29 Mar 2023, 3:34 p.m.

An inspiration to all women, in Parliament & beyond https://t.co/gKQQux7MI8

Link to Original Tweet
Rachel Reeves (Labour - Leeds West) - @RachelReevesMP
Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer
28 Mar 2023, 4:17 p.m.

Throughout history, women in parliament have always championed each other. If I become Britain’s first woman Chancellor, that’s a tradition I’ll work hard to continue. Read more in my @Independent interview: https://t.co/iABWZm8ssD https://t.co/givNJn4Go5

Link to Original Tweet


Department Publications - Policy paper
Thursday 11th January 2024
Home Office
Source Page: Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill: supporting evidence
Document: (webpage)

Found: disabled – allowed to be elected, at each administrative level at least 30% of representatives have to be women

Thursday 11th January 2024
Home Office
Source Page: Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill: supporting evidence
Document: (webpage)

Found: and therefore to finance which requires land as collateral, and the world’s highest representation of women



Department Publications - Transparency
Tuesday 25th April 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Source Page: UK National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security 2018 to 2022: annual report to Parliament 2022
Document: Appendix: final evaluation of the UK's National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security 2018 to 2022 (PDF)

Found: Women activists interviewed have pointed to the fact that despite the larger presence of women in Parliament




Women in Parliament mentioned in Scottish results


Scottish Parliamentary Research (SPICe)
Committee witnesses: gender and representation
Tuesday 27th February 2018
This briefing outlines evidence on the diversity of committee witnesses in the Scottish Parliament and elsewhere, with a particular focus on gender diversity. It also makes recommendations on how the diversity of voices heard by committees might be more consistently recorded, and in some instances enhanced.
View source webpage

Found: Women in Parliament: Beyond Numbers . Stockholm: IDEA. See chapter 3.23 Welch, S. (1977).



Scottish Parliamentary Debates
Gender-sensitive Audit
95 speeches (108,788 words)
Thursday 15th June 2023 - Main Chamber
Mentions:
1: Adam, Karen (SNP - Banffshire and Buchan Coast) While we discuss how we support women in Parliament, I hope that I have given every party leader pause - Link to Speech