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Setting Michelle an Orange Example

Mark Devenport | 16:07 UK time, Wednesday, 30 April 2008

Our Agriculture Minister Michelle Gildernew told my (much more glamorous) colleague, Sarah Travers on BBC Newsline's "Family Focus" that she would not be getting any maternity leave when she gives birth (she is due in October). Last night, flicking through yesterday's "Times", I noticed that the Dutch have developed a system of political maternity cover Pop singer steps in for pregnant MP.

Is this something Stormont should think about if it intends to attract more women into politics?

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