SPEAKER'S CONFERENCE ON THE REPRESENTATION OF WOMEN AND ETHNIC MINORITIES

That this House recognises the desirability of increasing the number of women in Parliament and better matching the make-up of Parliament to the people it represents; and notes the Speaker's Statement of 22nd July but hopes that nothing will be done either to restrict the electorate's choice of their own hon. Member or further to strengthen the power of political parties to control the democratic process through the use of candidate list systems in elections.