The order paper. To move the motion i call on and invite you enthusiastically to welcome from the northwest of england, jonathan wright. [cheers and applause] thank you, mr. Speaker. 150 years ago, the radical notion that women should be allowed to vote was proposed to comments. Quickly dismiss by the establishment, this was defeated 19473. The crusades for womens suffrage were long and enduring. It took decades of campaign, demonstrating and persevering before the renowned representation of people asked first granted the right to vote for women 99 years ago. Last week, the second vote of the 16 those cast aside in this very chamber and it is actually unlikely to be debated again. You might not be thinking whats the point . In the story. But, my friends, this is precisely what we must not fall into the trap of thinking alike. Do you think the mothers of the Suffrage Movement just gave up in 1867 . Evidently not. Like those women 100 years ago, we are constantly told were not mature eno
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