THE UK’s longest continuously serving woman MP has praised Holyrood for “blazing a trail” as she helped female MSPs launch a women’s…
’s Harriet Harman, who has been an MP since 1982, joined Scottish politicians in Edinburgh earlier this week to create the cross-party assembly.
A report by the advisory group had recommended the women’s caucus to create a forum for women to discuss “issues of mutual interest and provide a support network”.Speaking after the caucus, Johnstone said: “I was thrilled that Ms Harman was able to be the first guest speaker at our caucus. “Establishing this caucus was one of the recommendations in our gender sensitive audit report, so I’m delighted we could start with such a well-known and highly regarded speaker.”
“With 46% of MSPs, and being cross-party, this will be the most powerful group in the Scottish Parliament.We know there are thousands of National readers who want to debate, argue and go back and forth in the comments section of our stories. We’ve got the most informed readers in Scotland, asking each other the big questions about the future of our country.
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