 In 1975 she introduced the Balance of Sexes Bill with the objective to require men and women on public bodies in equal numbers.She had identified 4500 jobs appointed by Ministers, and 174 public bodies that were almost entirely male.In her speech to introduce the second reading of the Bill, she commended changes that had been made to the nominations process for the 'central list' from which candidates for government bodies could be selected, although she doubted that it was sufficiently broad to encourage applications from all areas of society.