Black And Ethnic Minority Women In Public Life
EDM number 1555 in 2006-07, proposed by Dawn Butler on 23/05/2007.
That this House celebrates the 20th anniversary of the current hon. Member for Hackney North and Stoke Newington becoming the first ethnic minority woman to be elected to Parliament; notes that the Fawcett Society's research shows that two decades later, ethnic minority women are still severely under-represented in Parliament, Government and public life; regrets that only three black women have ever been elected and there has never been an Asian woman MP; expresses concern that at the current pace of change it will take more than three centuries for Parliament to reflect the UK's population of ethnic minority women; and calls on the Government to renew its commitment to positive measures by extending the time limit on all-women shortlists and prioritising the needs of ethnic minority women.
This motion has been signed by a total of 42 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.
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