The Gender Gap Among Higher Education Students

Part of 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 2:26 pm on 4 October 2022.

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Photo of Mark Drakeford Mark Drakeford Labour 2:26, 4 October 2022

Well, Llywydd, I deprecate the Member's willingness to turn every single issue, no matter how serious, into a form of culture war. There really is no need whatsoever to do that; it's a serious issue—it deserved a better question than you managed to provide this afternoon. And, as I said, behind the headlines of these figures is a great deal more complexity than the Member was prepared to admit. There are a whole series of subjects where young men, including young, white men, exceed the number of women studying those subjects at universities. She didn't manage to mention that. The Conservative Party this afternoon, Llywydd, is certainly not in a listening mood, is it? It thinks that the way to cover over their deep embarrassments is just to keep talking, despite the answers that are being provided to them. I'm trying to explain—[Interruption.]