Natalie Fleet

Natalie Fleet

Labour — Bolsover

Speaking in the House of Commons on 16 October 2025

Debate

Ada Lovelace Day

Contribution

I thank my hon. Friend for securing this debate. Ada Lovelace’s legacy is absolutely stellar, as everybody points out. I have the slightest link because I was lucky enough to get married in Newstead abbey, her father’s ancestral home—we all want a piece of Ada. Hers is a name that people recognise and her contribution is rightly credited. What concerns me is that the Lovelace report found that “80% of women surveyed have recently left or are interested in leaving their tech roles”. As has already been touched on, if you can’t see it, you can’t be it. Does my hon. Friend agree that it is an absolute travesty that only 20% of people in tech are women, and that we have to work to combat that?

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