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House of Commons Women and Equalities Committee Formal Minutes of the Committee Session 2015-16 The Women and Equalities Committee The Women and Equalities Committee is appointed by the House of Commons to examine the expenditure, administration and policy of the Government Equalities Office (GEO). Current membership Rt Hon Maria Miller (Conservative, Basingstoke) (Chair) Ruth Cadbury (Labour, Brentford and Isleworth) Maria Caulfield (Conservative, Lewes) Jo Churchill (Conservative, Bury St Edmonds) Angela Crawley (Scottish National Party, Lanark and Hamilton East) Mims Davies (Conservative, Eastleigh) Mrs Flick Drummond (Conservative, Portsmouth South) Ben Howlett (Conservative, Bath) Siobhain McDonagh (Labour, Mitcham and Morden) Jess Phillips (Labour, Birmingham, Yardley) Mr Gavin Shuker (Labour (Co-op), Luton South) The following members were also members of the committee during the Parliament: Tulip Siddiq (Labour, Hampstead and Kilburn) Cat Smith (Labour, Lancaster and Fleetwood) Powers The committee is one of the departmental select committees, the powers of which are set out in House of Commons Standing Orders, principally in SO No. 152. These are available on the Internet via www.parliament.uk. Publications The Reports and evidence of the Committee are published by The Stationery Office by Order of the House. All publications of the Committee (including press notices) are on the Internet at www.parliament.uk/womenandequalities. Committee staff The current staff of the Committee are Gosia McBride (Clerk), Luanne Middleton (Second Clerk), Sharmini Selvarajah (Third Clerk), Asaad Qadri (Inquiry Manager), Thomas Pudlo (Senior Committee Assistant), and Mandy Sullivan (Committee Assistant). Contacts All correspondence should be addressed to the Clerk of the Women and Equalities Committee, House of Commons, Westminster, London, SW1A 0AA. The telephone number for general enquiries is 020 7219 6123; the Committee’s email address is [email protected]. TUESDAY 7 JULY 2015 Members present: Mrs Maria Miller, in the Chair1 Ruth Cadbury Ben Howlett Maria Caulfield Jess Phillips Jo Churchill Tulip Siddiq Angela Crawley Cat Smith Mims Davies 1. Declaration of Interests 2. Remit of the Committee 3. Strategy/Making an Impact 4. Calendar of Events 5. Committee Meetings [Adjourned till Tuesday 14 July 2015 at 10.00 a.m. TUESDAY 14 JULY 2015 Members present: Mrs Maria Miller, in the Chair Ruth Cadbury Ben Howlett Maria Caulfield Jess Phillips Jo Churchill Tulip Siddiq Angela Crawley Cat Smith Mims Davies 1. Declaration of Interests 2. Equality and Human Rights Commission 3. Government Equalities Office and departmental leads [Adjourned till Tuesday 21 July 2015 at 10.00 a.m. TUESDAY 21 JULY 2015 Members present: Mrs Maria Miller, in the Chair Ruth Cadbury Mrs Flick Drummond Maria Caulfield Ben Howlett Jo Churchill Jess Phillips Angela Crawley Tulip Siddiq Mims Davies Cat Smith 1. Declaration of interests 2. Communications and Engagement 3. September Dates 4. Women in Executive Management 5. Working practices 6. Transgender Equality 7. Other matters arising [Adjourned till Tuesday 8 September 2015 at 10.00 a.m. TUESDAY 8 SEPTEMBER 2015 Members present: Mrs Maria Miller, in the Chair Ruth Cadbury Mrs Flick Drummond Maria Caulfield Ben Howlett Jo Churchill Jess Phillips Angela Crawley Tulip Siddiq Mims Davies Cat Smith 1. Transgender Equality 2. Listening Exercise – draft programme [Adjourned till Tuesday 15 September 2015 at 10.00 a.m. TUESDAY 15 SEPTEMBER 2015 Members present: Mrs Maria Miller, in the Chair Ruth Cadbury Mrs Flick Drummond Maria Caulfield Ben Howlett Jo Churchill Jess Phillips Angela Crawley Cat Smith Mims Davies Transgender Equality [Adjourned till Tuesday 13 October 2015 at 10.00 a.m. TUESDAY 13 OCTOBER 2015 Members present: Mrs Maria Miller, in the Chair Ruth Cadbury Mrs Flick Drummond Angela Crawley Ben Howlett Mims Davies Transgender Equality Suzanna Hopwood; Evangelical Alliance; Trans*formation; Miles Row; Radical Feminist Legal Support Network; Bernard Reed; The Dawn Skinner Fund; Dr Eleanor Burns; IWW Nottinghamshire GMB; Women Analysing Policy on Women; London Friend; University of London; The Beaumont Society; Focus the Identity Trust; Stephanie Davies Arai; K Eaton; UNISON; TUC; Nuala Dowie; Lancashire LGBT; Equaliteach; Parliout) ; Dr Lee Middlehurst; Professor Sheila Jeffreys; UK Trans Info; Helen Belcher; Caroline Paige; Rise; Sophia Crews; Lesbian Rights Group; Discrimination Law Association; Kate Mariat; Centre for Law and Social Justice, University of Leeds/Intersex UK; Sarah Brown; Equality Challenge Unit; LGBT Youth Scotland; Brook; Galop; Dr Susan Gilchrist; Unison Bournemouth Higher & Further Education Branch; Astrid Walker; Rape Crisis England and Wales; LGBT Liberal Democrats; Scottish Women Against Pornography; Women’s Aid; UK Lesbian and Gay Immigration Group; National Aids Trust; Women and Girls Equality Network; Campaign to End Rape; Brighton and Hove City Council; LGBT Society of the University of Strathclyde; Cris McCurley (Women’s Resource Centre); Mridul Wadhwa; Outreach Cumbria; Equality Network; Parents Campaigning for Sex Equality for Children and Young People; Daira Hopwood; Polly Carmichael (NHS Gender Identity Development Service); Albert Kennedy Trust; Steph Farnham; Age UK; IPSO; Peter Dunne; and Prisons and Probation Ombudsman. Peter Dunne, Visiting Researcher, New York University Law School, Karen Harvey, Chair, a:gender, James Morton, Manager, Scottish Transgender Alliance, and Ashley Reed, initiator of online petition on gender self-definition, gave oral evidence. Sue Pascoe and Christie Elan-Cane, gave oral evidence. [Adjourned till Tuesday 20 October 2015 at 10.00 a.m. TUESDAY 20 OCTOBER 2015 Members present: Mrs Maria Miller, in the Chair Ruth Cadbury Mrs Flick Drummond Maria Caulfield Ben Howlett Angela Crawley 1. Transgender Equality The Committee considered this matter. 2. Listening Exercise 3. Future Programme Wome.n and E.qualitie.~ Cammitte.e.: Formal Minute5" 2015-16 Executive Management and on the Spending Review, and request written evidence from the Government Equalities Office on progress in ratifying the Istanbul Convention. [Adjourned till Tuesday 27 October 2015 at 10.00 a.m. TUESDAY 27 OCTOBER 2015 Members present: Mrs Maria Miller, in the Chair Ruth Cadbury Siobhain McDonagh Mrs Flick Drummond Jess Phillips Ben Howlett Mr Gavin Shuker 1. Declaration of Interests 2. Committee Programme Resolved, That the Committee visit 3. Gender Pay Gap and Pregnancy and Maternity Discrimination [Adjourned till Wednesday 28 October 2015 at 2 p.m. WEDNESDAY 28 OCTOBER 2015 Members present: Mrs Maria Miller, in the Chair Ruth Cadbury Mrs Flick Drummond Maria Caulfield Ben Howlett Jo Churchill Siobhain McDonagh Angela Crawley Jess Phillips Mims Davies Transgender Equality [Adjourned till Tuesday 3 November 2015 at 10.00 a.m. TUESDAY 3 NOVEMBER 2015 Members present: Mrs Maria Miller, in the Chair Ruth Cadbury Mrs Flick Drummond Maria Caulfield Ben Howlett Jo Churchill Siobhain McDonagh Angela Crawley Jess Phillips 1. Transgender Equality 2. Committee Programme TUESDAY 10 NOVEMBER 2015 Members present: Mrs Maria Miller, in the Chair Ruth Cadbury Mrs Flick Drummond Angela Crawley Ben Howlett Jo Churchill Jess Phillips 1. General 2. Istanbul Convention 3. Transgender Equality 4. Gender Pay Gap 5. Maternity and Pregnancy Discrimination 4. Equality and Human Rights Commission evidence session 5. Calendar TUESDAY 24 NOVEMBER 2015 Members present: Mrs Maria Miller, in the Chair Ruth Cadbury Mrs Flick Drummond Angela Crawley Ben Howlett Jo Churchill Jess Phillips Mims Davies 1. Equality and Human Rights Commission 2. Transgender Equality 3. Gender Pay Gap 4. EU Developments 5. Calendar TUESDAY 1 DECEMBER 2015 Members present: Mrs Maria Miller, in the Chair Ruth Cadbury Mrs Flick Drummond Angela Crawley Ben Howlett Jo Churchill Jess Phillips Mims Davies 1. Gender Pay Gap 2. Future programme 3. EU Developments TUESDAY 8 DECEMBER 2015 Members present: Mrs Maria Miller, in the Chair Jo Churchill Ben Howlett Mims Davies 1. Calendar 2. Transgender Equality TUESDAY 15 DECEMBER 2015 Members present: Mrs Maria Miller, in the Chair Ruth Cadbury Mims Davies Maria Caulfield Mrs Flick Drummond Angela Crawley Jess Phillips 1. Calendar 2. Transgender Equality 3. Gender Pay Gap Wome.n and E.qualitie.~ Cammitte.e.: Formal Minute5" 2015-16 University, Sheila Wild, Founder, Equal Pay Portal, and Professor The Baroness Wolf of Dulwich, King's College, London, gave oral evidence. Neil Carberry, Director, CBI, Ann Francke, Chief Executive, Chartered Management Institute (CMI), and Monika Queisser, Senior Counsellor, and Head of Social Policy, Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, gave oral evidence. [Adjourned till Wednesday 6 January2016 at 9.45 a.m. WEDNESDAY 06 JANUARY 2016 Members present: Mrs Maria Miller, in the Chair Ruth Cadbury Mrs Flick Drummond Maria Caulfield Ben Howlett Jo Churchill Jess Phillips Angela Crawley Mr Gavin Shuker Mims Davies 1. Future Programme 2. Correspondence 3. Government Equalities Office WEDNESDAY 12 JANUARY 2016 Members present: Mrs Maria Miller, in the Chair Ruth Cadbury Mrs Flick Drummond Maria Caulfield Ben Howlett Jo Churchill Jess Phillips Angela Crawley Mr Gavin Shuker Mims Davies 1. Calendar 2. Gender Pay Gap 3. Correspondence Jo Churchill Ben Howlett Mims Davies Jess Phillips Mrs Flick Drummond Mr Gavin Shuker 1. Transgender Equality 2. Calendar 3. Gender Pay Gap 4. Employment Opportunities for Muslims in the UK 5. Spending Review 6. Correspondence