Motion · S5M-22153 · 25 Jun 2020
Network Rail Marks International Women in Engineering Day
The motion
That the Parliament recognises that Network Rail celebrated female engineers in Scotland’s Railway on International Women in Engineering Day on 23 June 2020; understands that company recently commissioned a survey of more than 2,000 16- to 21 year-old women across the UK and that 77% of those who responded said that there was a lack of well-known female role models in STEM; notes the Network Rail project, Gender Matters, which seeks to remove barriers for woman at all levels of its organisation; acknowledges that the operator has set a target to increase its overall female representation to at least 26%; welcomes this project, which will also looks at facilities, welfare, attraction, recruitment, retention and progression, and commends Network Rail on its research and aim to recruit more women.
Supporters (22)
- Jeremy Balfour 25 Jun 2020
- Miles Briggs Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party 25 Jun 2020
- Finlay Carson Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party 25 Jun 2020
- Kenneth Gibson No Party Affiliation 25 Jun 2020
- Bill Kidd 25 Jun 2020
- Monica Lennon 25 Jun 2020
- Richard Lyle 25 Jun 2020
- John Mason 25 Jun 2020
- Edward Mountain 25 Jun 2020
- Gil Paterson 25 Jun 2020
- Alexander Stewart 25 Jun 2020
- Jackson Carlaw 26 Jun 2020
- Alison Harris 26 Jun 2020
- Fulton MacGregor Scottish National Party 27 Jun 2020
- Rachael Hamilton Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party 29 Jun 2020
- Michelle Ballantyne 30 Jun 2020
- Liam Kerr Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party 30 Jun 2020
- John Scott 30 Jun 2020
- Colin Smyth 30 Jun 2020
- Neil Findlay 7 Jul 2020
- Annie Wells 8 Jul 2020
- Ruth Maguire 20 Aug 2020
Source: the Scottish Parliament motions and amendments record.