Gender legislation slammed
Date published: 20 November 2013
Louise Bours, UKIP North West MEP candidate
Louise Bours, UKIP North West MEP candidate, today slammed Labour and Lib Dem MEPs for passing legislation which could damage British businesses.
Euro MPs voted this afternoon (Wednesday 20 November) on gender quotas on company boards, with amendments to stop the fixing of internal elections and recruitment based purely on gender being booted out by Parliamentarians.
Cllr Bours said: "I was one of the many women in UKIP who topped the poll or scored right near the top in our MEP selections. I was delighted to achieve that through merit, not vote fixing.
"It is patronising to women to think that they need assistance to succeed in business.
"On top of this insult is the fact that Labour and Lib Dem MEPs voted against allowing the UK to opt out of yet further burdensome and unfair regulation."
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