Gender Balance on Corporate Boards

I have read the hon. Gentleman’s contributions on this topic, and I see that the headline to his recent piece in The Sunday Times was, “Sorry, girls, a seat on the board must be earned”. I am sure that many women would find that quite insulting, although I am sure that he did not write it himself. I hear what he is saying about child care—I have said it myself—but does he not accept that there are certain cultural issues at play here? Lord Davies’s report indentified the fact that people seek to select people who are like them to positions on their boards, and that that operates as a barrier towards women getting on to those boards.