Why aren’t there more women in the Assembly was the question in Lisburn from one audience member. Host Eamonn Mallie further pressed the panel when he revealed that so far, not one woman had participated on a Roadshow panel.
Alban Maginness said: “We encourage women throughout the party and it’s very important for us to increase the number of women representatives at MLA level.”
Edwin Poots agreed with the original question saying: “I would accept that there are not enough women in the Assembly but that’s reflective of the makeup of these panels either.”

What do you think the Assembly should do to increase the number of female MLAs? Do you think things would run differently if there were more women in positions of power within government?