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United Kingdom: Women MP candidate quotas proposed

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Obligatory quotas for the number of women put forward for selection as a parliamentary candidate by each political party have been proposed. The conference on diversity issues was commissioned by the prime minister. It wants the parties either to improve the representation of women at the 2010 general election, or face mandatory quotas for the next one.
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Obligatory quotas for the number of women put forward for selection as a parliamentary candidate by each political party have been proposed. The conference on diversity issues was commissioned by the prime minister. It wants the parties either to improve the representation of women at the 2010 general election, or face mandatory quotas for the next one.
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