“…This paper studies women MPs’ contribution to parliamentary work during the first eighteen months of the Conservative / Liberal Democrat coalition government formed in May 2010 by examining the range of tasks they are involved in through various activities such as Prime Minister’s Question Time, Early Day Motions, Adjournment Debates,
Private Members’ Bills, votes and rebellions. Through an inter-party comparison, it then considers the respective influences of gender and party affiliation on political action and it ends with the analysis of the topics women devote time to, in order to assess the way they behave, either as feminist spokespersons or as ordinary politicians.…”
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