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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2013-11-20"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Gender balance among non-executive directors of companies listed on stock exchanges (A7-0340/2013 - Evelyn Regner, Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou)2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20131120.53.3-409-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2013-11-20-Speech-3-410-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Charles Tannock2
lpv:spoken text	"Madam President, at the 100 largest companies listed on the London Stock Exchange, just 19 % of the board members are women. This may be a cause for concern, but I cannot accept that the best means of rectifying it is the imposition of mandatory quotas offering a top-down, one-size-fits-all approach. We have seen the negative effects of such policies in Norway, where there is a feeling that women have been appointed as acts of tokenism, rather than on genuine merit. This is beneficial neither to women, nor to efficient enterprise. Voluntary-based schemes which work around individual companies, business models and countries should instead be encouraged and prioritised. This allows the right balance between ensuring that candidates are selected entirely on individual merit, whilst working towards a wider aim of improving gender balance. Therefore, I voted against this report on mandatory quotas."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; DROI (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 vice-chair; Delegation for relations with the NATO Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-29--2014-06-30)3 member; AFET (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; PECH (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (2012-03-28--2014-06-30)3 substitute; SEDE (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Conservative Party (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Chile Joint Parliamentary Committee (2012-03-28--2014-06-30)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Charles Tannock (ECR ). -"1
lpv:videoURI	<go to Events_and_structure europarl>2

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