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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2019-01-07more like thismore than 2019-01-07
answering body
Women and Equalities more like this
answering dept id 31 more like this
answering dept short name Women and Equalities more like this
answering dept sort name Women and Equalities more like this
hansard heading Candidates: Females more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
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pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what plans she has to encourage more women to stand for elected office. more like this
tabling member constituency East Ham more like this
tabling member printed
Stephen Timms more like this
uin 205804 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2019-01-10more like thismore than 2019-01-10
answer text <p>One of our aims for the Women’s Suffrage Centenary was to ensure more women participate in politics and decision-making. Whether that is to vote, to campaign or to stand for election, women must be there making the decisions.</p><p>Over the course of 2018, the Centenary Fund supported nearly 320 small and large projects. Many of them are ongoing and designed to encourage participation by offering women across the country information and training to take part in civic society at all levels. For example, on 21 November 2018, the Campaign group 50:50 Parliament’s #AskHerToStand event asked MPs to mentor women from their constituency for the day.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle more like this
answering member printed Victoria Atkins more like this
question first answered
less than 2019-01-10T17:54:45.78Zmore like thismore than 2019-01-10T17:54:45.78Z
answering member
4399
label Biography information for Victoria Atkins more like this
tabling member
163
label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms more like this