Labour all-women candidate shortlists controversy
- Title
- Labour all-women candidate shortlists controversy
- Genre
- Interview
- TX Date
- 11 Dec 1995
- Year of production
- 1995
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- Duration
- 00:06:52
- Description
- Labour Party shadow women’s minister Tessa Jowell defending the party’s policy on all women candidate shortlists on the day that two men, blocked as candidates, launch a legal challenge on the grounds of unfair discrimination. On the policy; what women bring to Parliament; refuses to comment on the legal case but says they received advice the policy was lawful; why it will be reviewed after the election; role of a Minister for Women if Labour elected. Male interviewer not identified.
- Contributors
- Tessa Jowell
- Keywords
- Labour Party; Women; Equal opportunity; Members of Parliament; Gender discrimination; Parliamentary candidates; Cabinet ministers; Industrial tribunals
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LBC/IRN, "Labour all-women candidate shortlists controversy". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/lbc/search/index.php/segment/0011400139012 (Accessed 24 Apr 2025)