From The Telegraph.

Muslim women wearing hijab, or headscarves, should be employed in front-line roles in the media, said a report published yesterday by Ruth Kelly, the minister for women.

More women wearing hijab needed to be seen in the public eye, particularly on television, to encourage more Muslim women to put themselves forward, it said. Ethnic minorities have a lower employment rate than the rest of the population. For Bangladeshi and Pakistani women it is particularly low at only 24 per cent: the average employment rate for women of working age is 70 per cent.

The report, Engaging with Muslim Women, was based on a seminar at No 10 in May when Muslim women were invited to put their views . . .

I think Mrs Kelly needs to loosen her cilice a little; more hijabettes is just what we don’t need.  There are still plenty of Muslim women who don’t wear it, don’t want to wear it, are uncomfortable with the pressure to wear it.  If my view that I don’t want to see veiled women around my home don’t matter any more, surely theirs have merit? Unfortunately The Telegraph does not give an opinion option to this particular article.

This is from the catalogue of the Hijab Shop for a hijab from their "partywear" range. If the party were on top of Ilkley Moor it might be suitable. However for Ilkley Moor and suchlike they actually recommend the red number from the "outdoor" range. Nora Batty is unlikely to approve.