Women_and_Equalities_Committee

Women and Equalities Committee

Women and Equalities Committee

Select committee of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament

The Women and Equalities Committee is a select committee of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was established following the 2015 general election to examine the expenditure, administration and policy of the Government Equalities Office on equalities (sex, age, race, sexual orientation, disability and transgender/gender identity) issues.

The committee has faced criticism for its name, and in 2017, Conservative MP Philip Davies said it should be renamed the "Equalities Committee".[1]

Membership

As of November 2023, the membership of the committee is as follows:[2][3][4][5][6]

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Changes since 2019

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2017-2019 Parliament

The chair was elected on 12 July 2017, with members announced on 11 September 2017.[7][8]

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Changes 2017-2019

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2015-2017 Parliament

The chair was elected on 18 June 2015, with members announced on 6 July 2015.[9][10]

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See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Tory MP Philip Davies says 'women and equalities committee' should be renamed to remove reference to women". The Independent. 2 February 2017.
  2. [2]
    "Women and Equalities Committee - Membership - Committees - UK Parliament". committees.parliament.uk. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
  3. [3]
    "Committees". hansard.parliament.uk. UK Hansard. 14 December 2021. Retrieved 20 December 2021. That Lee Anderson be discharged from the Women and Equalities Committee and Caroline Dinenage be added
  4. [4]
    "Committees Volume 723: debated on Tuesday 29 November 2022". hansard.parliament.uk. UK Hansard. 29 November 2022. Retrieved 30 November 2022. That Theo Clark and Philip Davies be discharged from the Women and Equalities Committee and Dr Jamie Wallis and Mark Jenkinson be added.
  5. [5]
    "Committees Volume 737: debated on Tuesday 12 September 2023". hansard.parliament.uk. UK Hansard. 12 September 2023. Retrieved 15 September 2023. That Ms Anum Qaisar be discharged from the Women and Equalities Committee and Kirsten Oswald be added.—(Sir Bill Wiggin, on behalf of the Committee of Selection.)
  6. [6]
    "Business without Debate Volume 741: debated on Monday 27 November 2023". hansard.parliament.uk. UK Hansard. 27 November 2023. Retrieved 7 December 2023. That Mark Jenkinson be discharged from the Women and Equalities Committee and Dr Lisa Cameron be added.—(Rebecca Harris, on behalf of the Committee of Selection.
  7. [7]
    "Speaker's Statement: Select Committee Chairs". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. 627. Parliament of the United Kingdom: House of Commons. 12 July 2017.
  8. [8]
    "Business without Debate". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. 628. Parliament of the United Kingdom: House of Commons. 11 September 2017.
  9. [9]
    "Speaker's Statement". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. 597. Parliament of the United Kingdom: House of Commons. 18 June 2015.
  10. [10]
    "Committees". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. 598. Parliament of the United Kingdom: House of Commons. 6 July 2015.
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