Women’S Suffrage Centenary

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 1:14 pm on 6 February 2018.

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Photo of Ellie Reeves Ellie Reeves Labour, Lewisham West and Penge 1:14, 6 February 2018

I welcome the Minister’s statement about encouraging more women into Parliament and I am immensely proud to be here today representing my home seat 100 years after women first got the vote. Does she agree that sitting well beyond 10 pm, as we did numerous times in December, is hardly family friendly and hardly encourages women to enter Parliament? Does she further agree that a lot more still needs to be done, including introducing baby leave, as proposed by my right hon. and learned Friend Ms Harman, to make this place more welcoming and open to future female MPs?