Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 7:05 pm on 24 January 2018.
Can I thank you? Diolch, hefyd, Siân. You made very powerful points today, particularly regarding violence against women and obviously the attitude towards unwanted attention.
Sometimes, things like this really do come to the boil, and what I would like to see come to the boil now is how society values strengths that are traditionally—and I mean, stereotypically, almost—attributed to women. I certainly respect your argument, but I'm not convinced yet that statute is the way to do that, I'd much rather that we row in behind organisations like Women2Win and Chwarae Teg, which help society understand that women's strengths are what we need in politics, not least women themselves. That would be my preferred route, not least because I'm just slightly worried that if we have a statutory quota, that actually limits the opportunity for more than 50 per cent of women to come into this place. And I think the strengths that women generally have are a very good argument for having more than 50 per cent. Thank you.