The Women and Equalities Committee is a
select committee of the
House of Commons
The House of Commons is the name for the elected lower house of the bicameral parliaments of the United Kingdom and Canada. In both of these countries, the Commons holds much more legislative power than the nominally upper house of parliament. ...
in the
Parliament of the United Kingdom
The Parliament of the United Kingdom is the supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom, the Crown Dependencies and the British Overseas Territories. It meets at the Palace of Westminster, London. It alone possesses legislative suprema ...
. 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
Philip Andrew Davies (born 5 January 1972) is a British politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Shipley in West Yorkshire since the 2005 general election. A member of the Conservative Party, he is the most rebellious se ...
said it should be renamed the "Equalities Committee".
Membership
As of November 2022, the membership of the committee is as follows:
Changes since 2019
2017-2019 Parliament
The chair was elected on 12 July 2017, with members announced on 11 September 2017.
Changes 2017-2019
2015-2017 Parliament
The chair was elected on 18 June 2015, with members announced on 6 July 2015.
Changes 2015-2017
See also
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List of Committees of the United Kingdom Parliament
The parliamentary committees of the United Kingdom are committees of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Each consists of a small number of Members of Parliament from the House of Commons, or peers from the House of Lords, or a mix of both, ap ...
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Government Equalities Office
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Minister for Women and Equalities
The minister for women and equalities is a ministerial position in the United Kingdom which leads the Government Equalities Office. This is an independent department within the wider Cabinet Office that has responsibility for addressing all fo ...
References
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Select Committees of the British House of Commons