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Women currently make up 21% of Conservative MPs, compared to 45% for Labour, which has all-women shortlists for parliamentary candidates in some seats.
A proposal last year by the Commons Women and Equalities Committee to set a 45% female representation target for Parliament and local councils was rejected by the government, which said parties should take the lead.
Mr (Brandon) Lewis said achieving the "ambition" of 50% of candidates being female would not be easy, but pledged to "work tirelessly to make this a reality".
About 40% of Tory members are women, he said.
Funny how he can confidently state that "about 40%" of Tory members are women when Tory HQ doesn't even know how many members it has.
I'll watch this with interest as there won't be any all women shortlists, apparently.
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