Report to Queensland Parliament
CPA UK Westminster Workshop on Gender Sensitive Scrutiny
17th – 19th June 2019 UK Parliament, London
Leanne Linard MP State Member for Nudgee
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QUEENSLAND BRANCH
Honourable Members,
I table this report for the information of the House in relation to my recent attendance and participation in the 2019 CPA UK Westminster Workshop on Gender Sensitive Scrutiny held in London, United Kingdom from the 17th – 19th June 2019.
Leanne Linard
Leanne Linard MP Member for Nudgee Chair, Parliamentary Education, Employment and Small Business Committee Member, Parliamentary Ethics Committee
17th July 2019
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Purpose of the Travel
Why does CPA UK run the Westminster Workshop?
The Westminster Workshop provides a unique platform for elected members and participants to meet counterparts from across the Commonwealth and explore the role and functions of parliamentarians on a specific thematic area. Attended by up to 50 parliamentarians and parliamentary officials each year, participants have an opportunity to share their knowledge and experiences with others and consider the challenges they face in their own work. They also have an opportunity to learn first-hand from renowned figures on the topic.
What was the focus of this Westminster Workshop?
The three-day Westminster Workshop on Gender Sensitive Scrutiny, provided a unique opportunity for both male and female parliamentarians from across the Commonwealth to discuss common experiences and challenges in assessing the implications of budgets, policies and legislation in their jurisdictions as they relate to and impact on different genders. The programme was highly participatory and interactive, inviting rigorous discussion using the context in Westminster as a starting point to explore gender sensitive scrutiny.
The programme focused on the sharing of knowledge between participants and called upon Parliamentarians to reflect on their own roles, responsibilities and opportunities and develop key skills to improve their capacity as representatives and legislators in the crucial functions of scrutiny and oversight from a gender perspective.
The programme featured a wide range of experts in the field including Jakob Kopperud, World Bank Special Representative to the UK and Ireland, Hon Fatoumatta Njai MP, Member of The Gambia Finance and Public Accounts Committee, and Sarah Fountain Smith, Deputy High Commissioner for Canada to the UK.
A full description of the Official Program and Workshop Workbook is at Attachment A.
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Day 1 – Monday 17 June 2019 SETTING THE SCENE
TIME SESSION 0930 Participant Registration DoubleTree Hotel/Attlee Suite, Portcullis House, Houses of Parliament
1015 Depart DoubleTree to The Houses of Parliament
1045 Welcome Attlee Suite, Portcullis House, UK Parliament This session will offer an introduction to the Workshop, its structure and the outcome and outputs. Speaker: Jon Davies, Chief Executive, CPA UK
1100 Housekeeping, Introductions and Goal Setting Attlee Suite, Portcullis House, UK Parliament Important information on the logistics of the Workshop including briefings on the committee exercise taking place on Wednesday. Delegates will also be given an opportunity to introduce themselves and a chance to set personal goals for the three day Workshop. Speaker: Elorm Haligah, Projects & Programmes Manager, CPA UK
1145 Session 1: What is Gender Sensitive Scrutiny? Attlee Suite, Portcullis House, UK Parliament This session will aim to give delegates an introduction to the topic and touch on the different aspects of gender sensitive scrutiny. The overview will be followed by a Q&A session. Speakers: Janet Veitch OBE, Associate Gender Adviser, British Council Hannah Johnson, Senior Researcher, National Assembly of Wales
1300 Networking Lunch Attlee Suite, Portcullis House, UK Parliament
1405 Session 2: Keynote Address by Rt Hon Baroness Scotland, Secretary- General, Commonwealth Secretariat
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Attlee Suite, Portcullis House, UK Parliament This session will be a keynote on Baroness Scotland’s role as Commonwealth Secretary General and the work she has done on the economics of tackling violence against women.
1505 Session 3: Gender Sensitive Scrutiny: The Current UK Situation Attlee Suite, Portcullis House, UK Parliament. This session will be a panel discussion on what work is being done on gender sensitive scrutiny and challenges faced, as well as developments in Westminster and across the UK. Speakers: Professor Hugh Bochel, Professor of Public Policy, University of Lincoln Sarah Champion MP, Member, Women and Equalities Committee Naz Shah MP, Shadow Minister, Women and Equalities Baroness Barker, Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson for Voluntary Sector and Social Enterprise and LGBT Equality
1625 Tea/Coffee Break Attlee Suite, Portcullis House, UK Parliament
1640 Session 4: Gender Sensitive Scrutiny and The Commonwealth: The Current Situation Attlee Suite, Portcullis House, UK Parliament Having examined the state of play in Westminster, this session will focus on what is being achieved regarding gender sensitive scrutiny across the Commonwealth. Although the 53 countries of the Commonwealth share many commonalities, they also boast considerable diversity, particularly in relation to their differing approaches toward gender sensitive legislation and budgeting. This session will consist of a panel of representatives from Commonwealth countries to shed light on the different gender sensitive scrutiny frameworks used in their countries, what they have done to scrutinise government policy and budgeting on gender sensitive issues and some of the challenges they have faced. Chair: Jon Davies, Chief Executive Officer, CPA UK Speakers: Tara Cheyne MP, Government Whip, Deputy Chair of Standing Committee on Public Accounts; Member of Standing Committee on Administration and Procedure; Chair of Fuel Prices in the ACT Select Committee, Australian Capital Territory Hon. Fatoumatta Njai MP, Member of the Finance and Public Accounts Committee, The Gambia.
1755 Recap and Reflection Attlee Suite, Portcullis House, UK Parliament
1820 Networking Reception CPA Room, Westminster Hall, UK Parliament 5.
Day 2 – Tuesday 18 June 2019 GENDER SENSITIVE SCRUTINY IN PRACTICE
TIME SESSION
0900 Reflection and Refocus Attlee Suite, Portcullis House, UK Parliament To start the day, delegates will reflect on the feedback given during the recap and reflection the previous day and will be given an overview of today’s sessions.
0915 Session 5a: Parliamentarians Working with Partners Attlee Suite, Portcullis House, UK Parliament This will be an opportunity for delegates to learn about what different organisations have been doing with parliamentarians to strengthen gender sensitive scrutiny. The delegates will be split into three groups and will spend 30 minutes with each organisation. The organisations will give an overview of some of the work they have done and there will be an opportunity for the delegates to ask questions. Speakers: Mary-Ann Stephenson, Director, Women’s Budget Group Baroness Barker, Gender and Parliamentarian Consultant, Voluntary Service Overseas Jakob Kopperud, Special Representative to the UK and Ireland, World Bank.
1045 Session 5b: Parliamentarians Working with Partners - Feedback on previous session Attlee Suite, Portcullis House, UK Parliament
1115 Tea/Coffee Break
1130 Session 6: Committee Exercise Briefing Attlee Suite, Portcullis House, UK Parliament Delegates will take part in a ‘freeze-frame facilitated’ committee exercise later in the Workshop. This session will be a briefing on how committee inquiries in the UK are conducted and the roles delegates will be required to play in the exercise.
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1200 Session 7: Introduction to the Women and Equalities Committee – In Conversation with the Chair Attlee Suite, Portcullis House, UK Parliament The Women and Equalities Committee examines the UK Government's performance on equalities issues. This will shed light on what they have done to scrutinise government policy on gender sensitive issues and some of the challenges around this. Chair: Dr Roberta Blackman Woods MP, Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians International Steering Committee Rt Hon Maria Miller MP, Chair, Women and Equalities Committee
1300 Lunch Attlee Suite, Portcullis House, UK Parliament
1400 Session 8a: Institutionalising Gender Sensitive Parliaments: UK Gender-Sensitive Parliament Audit 2018 – The Report Attlee Suite, Portcullis House, UK Parliament A gender sensitive parliament is defined by the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) as one which “institutionalises a gender mainstreaming approach through its representational, legislative, and oversight work to ensure that all the parliament’s outputs consider, and counteract, any potential discrimination against women or men, girls or boys” (UK Gender-Sensitive Parliament Audit 2018). In 2018, an audit panel was established by the Commissions of both the House of Commons and House of Lords to examine how the UK Parliament as an institution might respond to the ongoing debate on continued barriers to parliamentary participation for women and issues surrounding bullying and harassment. This session will invite members from the UK Audit Panel to give an overview of the UK Gender-Sensitive Parliament Audit 2018, whilst talking through the context, aims and objectives, the recommendations and the outcomes of the report. Chair: Baroness Goudie, Member of the House of Lords Speakers: Sarah Petit, Lead Advisor to the Independent Director for Cultural Transformation Dr Lynn Gardner, Principal Clerk, Select Committees, House of Commons Baroness Thornton, Shadow Spokesperson (Health), Former Shadow Spokesperson (Equalities and Women’s Issues) Alison Thewliss MP, Member for the Scottish National Party
1500 Session 8b: Institutionalising Gender Sensitive Parliaments: UK Gender-Sensitive Parliament Audit 2018 – Practical Session Attlee Suite, Portcullis House, UK Parliament 7.
In the second part of this session, participants will be invited to a practical workshop with members of the UK Audit Panel. Participants will be split into groups and will learn about the practical steps that were taken during the preparations of the Audit using IPU’s selfassessment toolkit. Speakers: Sarah Petit, Lead Advisor to the Independent Director for Cultural Transformation Dr Philippa Tudor, Clerk of Committees, House of Lords Baroness Thornton, Shadow Spokesperson (Health), Former Shadow Spokesperson (Equalities and Women’s Issues) Alison Thewliss MP, Member for the Scottish National Party
1615 Tea/Coffee Break
1630 Session 9: Gender Sensitive Scrutiny: Including Young People in the Conversation Attlee Suite, Portcullis House, UK Parliament There are many young people across the Commonwealth who are working hard to be involved in the scrutiny of policies. The Youth Select Committee for instance is a joint initiative between Parliament and the British Youth Council giving young people across the country the opportunity to scrutinise and hold inquiries into topics of importance to them. Their most recent report called on the Government to act on unequal work experience opportunities where a gender-based perspective was also taken and various recommendations were given to the Government. This part of the Workshop will shine a spotlight on some young people in the Commonwealth and the great work they have been doing to lobby Governments in having a gender perspective embedded in their work. Chair: Danielle Rowley MP, Member, Scottish Affairs Committee Speakers: Oluwaseun Ayodeji Osowobi, Executive Director, Stand to End Rape Initiative & Commonwealth Young Person of the Year 2019, James Appiah, Member, UK Youth Select Committee & Co-Chair of the Newham Youth Commission Claudia Quinn, Former Chair, UK Youth Select Committee
1720 Recap and Reflection
1730 Depart
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Day 3 - Wednesday 19 June 2019 FROM THEORY TO PRACTICE
TIME SESSION
0900 Reflection and Refocus Attlee Suite, Portcullis House, UK Parliament To start the day, delegates will reflect on the feedback given during the recap and reflection the previous day and will be given an overview of today’s sessions.
0915 Session 10a: Interactive Session on Effective Questioning – Facilitated by Bespoke Skills Attlee Suite, Portcullis House, UK Parliament Communication makes up a huge part of the work of a parliamentarian. In preparation for the committee exercise, delegates will be trained by communications experts on how to effectively ask and answer questions during committee hearings and to the media. This part of the Workshop will focus on how to ask questions effectively. Kate Faragher, Founder, Bespoke Skills
1015 Tea/Coffee Attlee Suite
1030 Session 10b: Interactive Session on Effective Responses Attlee Suite, Portcullis House, UK Parliament A continuation from session 10a, this will focus on developing the delegates’ effectiveness in responding during committee hearings.
1130 Session 11: Committee Preparation: Livestream of the UK Treasury Committee Attlee Suite, Portcullis House, UK Parliament This will be an opportunity for delegates to watch the UK Treasury Committee in action and ask questions on the committee proceedings as it is happening live. Facilitated by Mems Ayinla, Second Clerk, Digital, Culture Media and Sport Committee
1210 Lunch 9.
Attlee Suite, Portcullis House, UK Parliament 1300 Session 12: In Conversation with Rt Hon Nicky Morgan MP, Chair, UK Treasury Committee Attlee Suite, Portcullis House, UK Parliament As the Chair of the UK House of Commons Treasury Committee, Rt Hon Nicky Morgan MP is at the helm of examining the expenditure, administration and policy of various bodies such as HM Treasury, HM Revenue & Customs, and associated public bodies, including the Bank of England and the Financial Conduct Authority. Rt Hon Nicky Morgan MP will speak about some of the work the Treasury Committee has achieved in gender budgeting scrutiny in addition to some of the challenges they have faced. Her opening remarks will be followed by a dialogue with the delegates in the room.
1400 Session 13: Committee Exercise Committee Room 2a, House of Lords Committees consider policy issues, scrutinise the work and expenditure of the government, and examine proposals for primary and secondary legislation. Select committees operate largely by an investigative process, while legislative committees operate mainly by debate.
Delegates will form a committee with the witnesses present. This will be a chance for participants to put into practice the skills developed in the communication sessions prior to this. It will be ‘freeze-frame facilitated’, giving participants in the exercise an opportunity to pause and think about how certain aspects could have been done differently, or compare how it usually would be conducted during a committee hearing in their own legislatures.
1530 Session 14: Pledges Committee Room 2a, House of Lords This will be an opportunity for delegates to share with colleagues what they have learnt from the Workshop and make pledges to effect Gender Sensitive Scrutiny within their own legislatures.
1600 Closing Ceremony The Cholmondeley Room, House of Lords Speakers: Dawn Butler MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Women and Equalities, Sarah Fountain Smith, Deputy High Commissioner for Canada.
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Workshop Outcome and Benefits
Outcome: For parliamentarians to legislate and scrutinise with an enhanced gender sensitive perspective.
Benefits:
1: Developed a deeper understanding of what gender sensitive scrutiny is and how it is being approached in different Commonwealth parliaments, including our own.
2: Provided an invaluable opportunity to learn from counterparts from across the Commonwealth and increase network of Commonwealth Parliamentarians.
3: Gained a more in-depth understanding of the different roles Parliamentarians can play in regard to gender sensitive scrutiny in our own respective parliaments.
Clockwise from top left: Leanne Linard MP engaging in a workshop exercise along with Parliamentarians from Gambia and Malaysia; addressing delegates during a committee exercise on gender sensitive budgeting; House of Commons and House of Lords - Workshop participants visited both Chambers while the House was in session.
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Final Itinerary
Saturday 15th June - Depart Brisbane 12:00 (Qantas) Saturday 15th June - Arrive Singapore 18:15 Saturday 15th June - Depart Singapore 23:55 (Qantas) Sunday 16th June - Arrive London 06:25 Monday 24th June - Depart London 14:20 (Emirates) Tuesday 25th June - Arrive Dubai 00:20 Tuesday 25th June - Depart Dubai 02:30 (Emirates) Tuesday 25th June - Arrive Brisbane 22:20
Countries Visit
1/. London, United Kingdom * Airport stop-over only: Singapore and Dubai
Accompanying Persons (including spouse)
Nil
Personal Travel
Personal travel (London), 20th – 24th June. All costs associated with this personal component were met personally.
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APPENDIX A – Westminster Workshop on Gender Sensitive Scrutiny – Official Program and Workbook
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APPENDIX – CPA QUEENSLAND BRANCH RULES ON REPORTING OF TRAVEL
CPA Queensland Branch Membership, CPA activities and Administrative Guideline 3.10 Report to Parliament:
Following return from overseas travel, the Member must table in Parliament within one month of return, or the next available sitting, a written report on the overseas travel undertaken.
The report is to detail:
• the CPA activity undertaken;
• benefits obtained from the overseas travel;
• any duties undertaken on behalf of Queensland (which would be ancillary to the primary purpose of the travel);
• the final itinerary or program, including countries visited, dates of travel, and sufficient detail to substantiate the official nature of the journey;
• details of accompanying persons (including the spouse) whose costs are to be met by public funds and purpose for their attendance; and
• details of any personal component of the travel.
All overseas travel for officers will be detailed in the Parliamentary Service annual report.
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Westminster Workshop on Gender Sensitive Scrutiny
OFFICIAL PROGRAMME & WORKBOOK
17-19 June 2019 UK Parliament, London
CONTENTS
WELCOME MESSAGE 2
OUTCOME AND OUTPUTS 3
ABOUT 4
PRE-ASSESSMENT FORM 5
PERSONAL OBJECTIVES 6
WORKSHOP PROGRAMME
- DAY 1 7
- DAY 2 9
- COMMITTEE EXERCISE BRIEFING 12
- DAY 3 21
PLEDGES 23
POST-ASSESSMENT FORM 25
DELEGATE LIST 27
DELEGATE BIOGRAPHIES 28
CONTRIBUTOR BIOGRAPHIES 43
THE PROJECT TEAM 52
WORKSHOP INFORMATION 55
ABOUT CPA UK 56
NOTES 57
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WELCOME MESSAGE
On behalf of the CPA UK Executive Committee, I am delighted to welcome you to the UK Parliament for the Westminster Workshop on Gender Sensitive Scrutiny – at what remains a particularly interesting and busy time here.
We want you to get as much as possible out of this Workshop and have designed it to provide a balance between theoretical and practical sessions. Many of the contributors are leaders on this topic and we appreciate the time they are devoting to be here with us.
This Workshop is by no means an attempt to provide just a UK view on gender sensitive scrutiny. It is built to be as conversational and interactive as possible, and to provide scope for comparative learning using the Westminster example as a starting point. We encourage you to share your views and experiences of your own legislatures as freely and fully as possible.
Thank you for taking the decision to participate in this Workshop. I hope you will find it a valuable, interesting and worthwhile experience.
I look forward to seeing you throughout the week.
Jon Davies CPA UK Chief Executive Officer
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OUTCOME AND OUTPUTS
OUTCOME:
For parliamentarians to legislate and scrutinise with an enhanced gender sensitive perspective.
OUTPUTS:
Output 1:
Parliamentarians will have a deeper understanding of what gender sensitive scrutiny is and how it is being approached in different Commonwealth parliaments.
Output 2:
Parliamentarians will increase their network and have opportunities to learn from counterparts from across the Commonwealth.
Output 3:
Parliamentarians will further their understanding of the roles they can play with regards to gender sensitive scrutiny in their own respective parliaments.
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ABOUT
What is the Westminster Workshop?
The Westminster Workshop is a CPA UK capacity development programme, typically focusing on one specific thematic area. The most recent workshop looked at oversight of trade agreements and CPA UK has also concentrated on public accounts committees in the past. This Westminster Workshop will look at the important topic of gender sensitive scrutiny.
Why does CPA UK run this initiative?
Whilst many legislatures have their own training programmes, CPA UK’s Westminster Workshop provides a unique platform for its participants to meet their counterparts from across the Commonwealth, build lasting relationships and explore the role and functions of parliamentarians on a specific thematic area. Attended by up to 50 parliamentarians and parliamentary officials each year, participants have an unrivalled opportunity to share their knowledge and experiences with others and consider the challenges they face in their own work. They also have an opportunity to learn first-hand from renowned figures on the topic. CPA UK hopes that this programme will have a lasting impact on all those that attend the programme.
What is the focus of this Westminster Workshop?
The programme is highly participatory and interactive, inviting rigorous discussion using the context in Westminster as a starting point to explore gender sensitive scrutiny. The Workshop will provide a unique opportunity for both male and female parliamentarians from across the Commonwealth to discuss common experiences and challenges in assessing the implications of budgets, policies and legislation for different genders.
The programme focuses on learning from the experiences of others and the sharing of knowledge between participants. CPA UK draws on best practice from across the Commonwealth to design a programme which enables parliamentarians to reflect on their own roles, responsibilities and opportunities and develop key skills to improve their capacity as representatives and legislators in the crucial functions of scrutiny and oversight from a gender perspective.
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This form is designed to gather information from participants of the Westminster Workshop on Gender Sensitive Scrutiny, 2019.
The data collected will form part of CPA UK’s monitoring and evaluation process to assess the effectiveness of our programmes. We would be grateful if you could please complete these questions during registration and return the carbon copy to a member of CPA UK staff.
Please note the contents of this form are confidential and will be used and stored for internal CPA UK use only. Only non- attributed data may be extracted for external use.
1. LEGISLATURE: 2. NAME:
3. GENDER: 4. ROLE:
5. What are your personal objectives for the Workshop?
6. Please rank your level of understanding before the Workshop on the following topics within the context of your own legislature: None Basic Moderate Good Expert
Defining gender sensitive scrutiny
Working with partners and civil society on gender sensitive scrutiny
Preparing for gender sensitive inquiries
Gender sensitive questioning techniques for inquiries
Cross-Commonwealth approaches to gender sensitive scrutiny
Once completed, please return the carbon copy to a member of CPA UK staff. Thank you.
PERSONAL OBJECTIVES
Please use this space to record your three personal objectives for the Westminster Workshop on Gender Sensitive Scrutiny.
1. What would you like to learn? 2. What skills are you keen to develop? 3. What contacts are you hoping to make?
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Day 1 – Monday 17 June 2019 SETTING THE SCENE
TIME SESSION
0930 Participant Registration at the DoubleTree Hotel/Attlee Suite, Portcullis House, Houses of Parliament
1015 Depart DoubleTree to The Houses of Parliament
1045 - 1100 Welcome Attlee Suite, Portcullis House, UK Parliament
This session will offer an introduction to the Workshop, its structure and the outcome and outputs.
Jon Davies, Chief Executive, CPA UK
1100 - 1145 Housekeeping, Introductions and Goal Setting Attlee Suite, Portcullis House, UK Parliament
Important information on the logistics of the Workshop including briefings on the committee exercise taking place on Wednesday. Delegates will also be given an opportunity to introduce themselves and a chance to set personal goals for the three day Workshop.
Elorm Haligah, Projects & Programmes Manager, CPA UK
1145 - 1300 Session 1: What is Gender Sensitive Scrutiny? Attlee Suite, Portcullis House, UK Parliament
This session will aim to give delegates an introduction to the topic and touch on the different aspects of gender sensitive scrutiny. The overview will be followed by a Q&A session.
Speakers: Janet Veitch OBE, Associate Gender Adviser, British Council Hannah Johnson, Senior Researcher, National Assembly of Wales
1300 - 1405 Networking Lunch Attlee Suite, Portcullis House, UK Parliament
1405 - 1505 Session 2: Keynote Address by Rt Hon Baroness Scotland, Secretary-General, Commonwealth Secretariat Attlee Suite, Portcullis House, UK Parliament
In 2017, Commonwealth Secretary-General Baroness Scotland launched an initiative called “Peace in the home: Ending domestic violence together” and unveiled specific measures to help governments tackle domestic violence. The programme was a key contribution to 2017’s Commonwealth theme: A Peace-Building Commonwealth. The Secretary-General’s aim is to build a coalition of governments, businesses, civil society and citizens committed to ending domestic violence and achieving peace in the home.
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This session will be a keynote on Baroness Scotland’s role as Commonwealth Secretary- General and the work she has done on the economics of tackling violence against women.
Rt Hon Baroness Scotland of Asthal, QC, Secretary-General, Commonwealth Secretariat
1505 – 1625 Session 3: Gender Sensitive Scrutiny and the UK: The Current Situation Attlee Suite, Portcullis House, UK Parliament
This session will be a panel discussion on what work is being done on gender sensitive scrutiny and challenges faced, as well as developments in Westminster and across the UK.
Speakers: Professor Hugh Bochel, Professor of Public Policy, University of Lincoln Sarah Champion MP, Member, Women and Equalities Committee Naz Shah MP, Shadow Minister, Women and Equalities Baroness Barker, Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson for Voluntary Sector and Social Enterprise and LGBT Equality
1625 – 1640 Tea/Coffee Break Attlee Suite, Portcullis House, UK Parliament
1640 – 1755 Session 4: Gender Sensitive Scrutiny and The Commonwealth: The Current Situation Attlee Suite, Portcullis House, UK Parliament
Having examined the state of play in Westminster, this session will focus on what is being achieved regarding gender sensitive scrutiny across the Commonwealth. Although the 53 countries of the Commonwealth share many commonalities, they also boast considerable diversity, particularly in relation to their differing approaches toward gender sensitive legislation and budgeting.
This session will consist of a panel of representatives from Commonwealth countries to shed light on the different gender sensitive scrutiny frameworks used in their countries, what they have done to scrutinise government policy and budgeting on gender sensitive issues and some of the challenges they have faced.
Chair: Jon Davies, Chief Executive Officer, CPA UK Speakers: Tara Cheyne MP, Government Whip, Deputy Chair of Standing Committee on Public Accounts; Member of Standing Committee on Administration and Procedure; Chair of Fuel Prices in the ACT Select Committee, Australian Capital Territory Hon. Fatoumatta Njai MP, Member of the Finance and Public Accounts Committee, The Gambia
1755 - 1805 Recap and Reflection Attlee Suite, Portcullis House, UK Parliament
An opportunity for delegates to reflect on the day and look forward to the next day of the Workshop.
1805 – 1820 Delegates Escorted to CPA Room and Group Photos
1820 – 1915 Networking Reception CPA Room, Westminster Hall, UK Parliament
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Day 2 – Tuesday 18 June 2019 GENDER SENSITIVE SCRUTINY IN PRACTICE
TIME SESSION
0900 - 0915 Reflection and Refocus Attlee Suite, Portcullis House, UK Parliament
To start the day, delegates will reflect on the feedback given during the recap and reflection the previous day and will be given an overview of today’s sessions.
0915 - 1045 Session 5a: Parliamentarians Working with Partners Attlee Suite, Portcullis House, UK Parliament
This will be an opportunity for delegates to learn about what different organisations have been doing with parliamentarians to strengthen gender sensitive scrutiny. The delegates will be split into three groups and will spend 30 minutes with each organisation. The organisations will give an overview of some of the work they have done and there will be an opportunity for the delegates to ask questions.
Speakers: Mary-Ann Stephenson, Director, Women’s Budget Group Baroness Barker, Gender and Parliamentarian Consultant, Voluntary Service Overseas Jakob Kopperud, Special Representative to the UK and Ireland, World Bank
1045 - 1115 Session 5b: Parliamentarians Working with Partners - Feedback on previous session Attlee Suite, Portcullis House, UK Parliament
Each group will feedback what they have learnt from the previous session.
1115 - 1130 Tea/Coffee Break Attlee Suite, Portcullis House, UK Parliament
1130 - 1200 Session 6: Committee Exercise Briefing Attlee Suite, Portcullis House, UK Parliament
Delegates will take part in a ‘freeze-frame facilitated’ committee exercise later in the Workshop. This session will be a briefing on how committee inquiries in the UK are conducted and the roles delegates will be required to play in the exercise.
1200 - 1300 Session 7: Introduction to the Women and Equalities Committee – In Conversation with the Chair Attlee Suite, Portcullis House, UK Parliament
The Women and Equalities Committee examines the UK Government's performance on equalities issues. This will shed light on what they have done to scrutinise government policy on gender sensitive issues and some of the challenges around this.
Chair: Dr Roberta Blackman Woods MP, BIMR Regional Representative, Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians International Steering Committee Rt Hon Maria Miller MP, Chair, Women and Equalities Committee
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1300 - 1400 Lunch Attlee Suite, Portcullis House, UK Parliament
1400 - 1500 Session 8a: Institutionalising Gender Sensitive Parliaments: UK Gender-Sensitive Parliament Audit 2018 – The Report Attlee Suite, Portcullis House, UK Parliament
A gender sensitive parliament is defined by the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) as one which “institutionalises a gender mainstreaming approach through its representational, legislative, and oversight work to ensure that all the parliament’s outputs consider, and counteract, any potential discrimination against women or men, girls or boys” (UK Gender-Sensitive Parliament Audit 2018).
In 2018, an audit panel was established by the Commissions of both the House of Commons and House of Lords to examine how the UK Parliament as an institution might respond to the ongoing debate on continued barriers to parliamentary participation for women and issues surrounding bullying and harassment.
This session will invite members from the UK Audit Panel to give an overview of the UK Gender-Sensitive Parliament Audit 2018, whilst talking through the context, aims and objectives, the recommendations and the outcomes of the report.
Chair: Baroness Goudie, Member of the House of Lords Speakers: Sarah Petit, Lead Advisor to the Independent Director for Cultural Transformation Dr Lynn Gardner, Principal Clerk, Select Committees, House of Commons Baroness Thornton, Shadow Spokesperson (Health), Former Shadow Spokesperson (Equalities and Women’s Issues) Alison Thewliss MP, Member for the Scottish National Party
1500 – 1615 Session 8b: Institutionalising Gender Sensitive Parliaments: UK Gender-Sensitive Parliament Audit 2018 – Practical Session Attlee Suite, Portcullis House, UK Parliament
In the second part of this session, participants will be invited to a practical workshop with members of the UK Audit Panel. Participants will be split into groups and will learn about the practical steps that were taken during the preparations of the Audit using IPU’s self- assessment toolkit.
Speakers: Sarah Petit, Lead Advisor to the Independent Director for Cultural Transformation Dr Philippa Tudor, Clerk of Committees, House of Lords Baroness Thornton, Shadow Spokesperson (Health), Former Shadow Spokesperson (Equalities and Women’s Issues) Alison Thewliss MP, Member for the Scottish National Party
1615 – 1630 Tea/Coffee Break Attlee Suite, Portcullis House, UK Parliament
1630 - 1720 Session 9: Gender Sensitive Scrutiny: Including Young People in the Conversation Attlee Suite, Portcullis House, UK Parliament
There are many young people across the Commonwealth who are working hard to be involved in the scrutiny of policies. The Youth Select Committee for instance is a joint initiative between Parliament and the British Youth Council giving young people across
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the country the opportunity to scrutinise and hold inquiries into topics of importance to them. Their most recent report called on the Government to act on unequal work experience opportunities where a gender-based perspective was also taken and various recommendations were given to the Government.
This part of the Workshop will shine a spotlight on some young people in the Commonwealth and the great work they have been doing to lobby Governments in having a gender perspective embedded in their work.
Chair: Danielle Rowley MP, Member, Scottish Affairs Committee Speakers: Oluwaseun Ayodeji Osowobi, Executive Director, Stand to End Rape Initiative & Commonwealth Young Person of the Year 2019 James Appiah, Member, UK Youth Select Committee & Co-Chair of the Newham Youth Commission Claudia Quinn, Former Chair, UK Youth Select Committee
1720 - 1730 Recap and Reflection Attlee Suite, Portcullis House, UK Parliament
An opportunity for delegates to reflect on the day and look forward to the next day of the Workshop.
1730 Depart
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Day 3 - Wednesday 19 June 2019 FROM THEORY TO PRACTICE
Committee Exercise Briefing
An Inquiry into the Prevention of Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
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1. Introduction
The purpose of the committee exercise is to explore techniques of scrutiny by simulating an evidence session based on the topic of sexual harassment in the workplace.
The session will be a practical exercise whereby delegates will take on the role of select committee members and/or observers, and will have approximately 90 minutes to question the witnesses present, using either their own devised questions or the suggested questions listed below.
The exercise will be ‘freeze-frame facilitated’, meaning participants will have the opportunity to pause and reflect on how certain aspects of the proceedings could have been done differently, or to draw upon the different committee experiences that participants have had in their own legislatures.
This will be a chance for participants to put into practice the skills they have developed in the communication sessions prior to this, and to discuss and share good practice for effective scrutiny of an important policy issue.
2. Scenario Brief: Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
The Equality Act 2010 defines sexual harassment as “unwanted conduct of a sexual nature” which has the purpose or effect of violating dignity or “creating an intimidating, hostile, degrading, humiliating or offensive environment”. A wide range of behaviour can come under this definition: sexual jokes or comments, remarks about someone’s body or appearance, displays of pornographic material, cat calls or wolf-whistling, flashing, sexual advances, groping, sexual assault, or rape.1
Regardless of the form which the harassment takes, the common factor is the effect that the conduct has on the victim, and that it is unwanted. Both men and women can be victims and perpetrators of sexual harassment, however women are significantly more likely to experience sexual harassment than men.
Research by ComRes for the BBC in November 2017 found that 40 per cent of women and 18 per cent of men had experienced some form of unwanted sexual behaviour in the workplace.2
Some forms of workplace sexual harassment can constitute a criminal offence, for example under the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 (harassment and stalking), the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (sexual assault and voyeurism) or the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 (‘revenge porn’). Whatever form it takes, sexual harassment in the workplace is unlawful.3
1Women and Equalities Committee, Fifth Report of Session 2017-19, Sexual Harassment in the Workplace, 5. 2 BBC – Sexual harassment in the work place 2017, survey by ComRes, November 2017 3 Women and Equalities Committee, Fifth Report of Session 2017-19, Sexual Harassment in the Workplace, 5-6.
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In 2018, the Women and Equalities Committee held an inquiry into sexual harassment in the workplace. The purpose of the inquiry was to encourage the Government, regulators and employers to put sexual harassment at the top of the agenda, raise awareness, make enforcement and reporting processes work better, require regulators to take a more active role, clean up the use of non-disclosure agreements in cases of sexual harassment, and collect better data about the extent and nature of the problem.
Seven oral evidence sessions were conducted, with witnesses including government ministers, employment lawyers, unions, researchers, employers and regulators. The final committee report and the official Government response, published in July 2018, can both be accessed on the Women and Equalities Committee website.
3. Terms of Reference
This committee exercise will explore key issues and questions relating to the prevention of sexual harassment in the workplace. It will look at the gaps in current legal protections and the channels available to victims and will consider more broadly the responsibilities of the government, employers and regulators with regards to putting better systems in place to tackle unwanted sexual behaviours in the workplace.
4. Objectives
Participants should bear in mind the following objectives when conducting the evidence session:
• To identify the need for additional measures to be put in place to combat sexual harassment in the workplace, and to hold the Government, employers and regulators to account.
• To identify effective solutions to the current gaps in the Government’s response to sexual harassment in the workplace, with particular reference to victim protection.
• To examine the effectiveness of current legislation – namely The Equality Act 2010 – in protecting against workplace sexual harassment
In a real-life scenario, the evidence gathered during this session would be used to develop targeted recommendations, based on the above objectives, to improve government policies and practices to combat the sexual harassment of workers across all employment sectors.
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5. Roles
We will call upon the following witnesses to give evidence during this session:
Dr Helen Mott, Independent Researcher and Academic, specialising in changing cultures of sexism, discrimination & violence against women & girls Christina Connolly, Lead Official on Sexual Harassment in the Workplace, Government Equalities Office Clare Murray, Managing Partner at specialist UK employment and partnership law firm, CM Murray LLP
The ‘freeze-frame facilitators’ will be:
Kate Faragher, CEO, Bespoke Skills Jyoti Chandola, Clerk, Women and Equalities Committee.
The structure of a UK select committee is explained at the end of this briefing.
6. Suggested Questions
Below is a list of suggested questions that committee members may wish to ask witnesses or use as a starting point for their own lines of enquiry. These questions are simply a guide and members are encouraged to ask supplementary questions.
Note: Words and concepts in bold are explained in more detail in the glossary below.
Responsibility of the Government:
1. What do you believe should be the Government’s role in tackling sexual harassment in the workplace?
2. Do you believe that there is an imminent need for government action to make sure we prevent sexual harassment from taking place in the workplace?
3. Would you say that there is a need for the Government to collect better data to ensure that the extent and severity of the problem is understood by all employers, especially with regards to their own workplaces?
Legal Framework:
4. Given what we know about the high levels of sexual harassment in the workplace, do you believe that the current legal framework (for example the Equality Act 2010) is comprehensive in protecting victims against sexual harassment?
5. The Government have said previously that they are satisfied that civil law is al- ready comprehensive in protecting against sexual harassment. However the
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Equality and Human Rights Commission has suggested that the current law on sexual harassment is insufficient. Who is right and what protection does the law provide against sexual harassment?
6. Do you think the current law is effective and fit for purpose on this issue? If not, have you identified any gaps in the law that need addressing, for example lack of reference to the gig economy or lack of provisions for third parties such as volunteers and interns?
Responsibility of Employers and Regulators:
7. Do you think employers and/or regulators are doing enough to protect those they employ from sexual harassment in the workplace?
8. Would you agree that employers need clear guidance on actions they should take to both prevent and tackle sexual harassment? Would you consider introducing either a statutory code of practice or guidance to employers in this area?
9. The Equality and Human Rights Commission has suggested that the Government should place a mandatory duty on employers to take reasonable steps to protect people in the workplace from victimisation and re-victimisation, and that this should be supported by statutory codes of practice. Do you agree?
10. Would you say that, on the whole, employers are aware of their responsibility to prevent sexual harassment and protect victims in their workplace? How would you suggest we improve levels of accountability in this area?
11. Are there sufficient incentives to encourage employers and/or regulators to protect those they employ from sexual harassment?
Non-Disclosure Agreements:
12. Recent evidence submitted to the Women and Equalities Committee suggests that non-disclosure agreements are being used unethically by some employers and members of the legal profession to silence victims of sexual harassment. What (if any) actions should the Government be taking to hold to account those who use NDAs in this way?
Employment Tribunal System:
13. How effective do you think the current employment tribunal system is with regards to cases of sexual harassment?
14. For some employees, going to a tribunal is an unattractive prospect for many reasons, for example due to time limits, fear of a damaging career progression or
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fear of public or media attention. What other barriers do you think there are to people taking a case through the system?
15. The Equality and Human Rights Commission has identified that a three-month time limit for bringing an Employment Tribunal claim of harassment is a significant barrier to people bringing such claims. Do you accept the time limit is a significant barrier?
16. The EHRC has suggested that the current system places a huge burden on the individual by expecting them to endure protracted legal processes in order to get access to justice to remedy a situation at work. Do you accept that the burden of policing employers’ actions on sexual harassment currently rests with the individual?
17. The likelihood of getting a sexual harassment case through successfully without legal representation is very slim. What other difficulties are there for those who cannot afford to buy a lawyer?
18. Is it acceptable that victims who find they cannot afford legal representation face additional barriers in seeking to hold their employer to account? If not, how should the system be made more accessible for victims from all socio-economic backgrounds?
Third Party Harassment:
19. Do you believe that third party harassment is a problem that has not been sufficiently addressed by the government?
20. Do you think that interns and volunteers deserve protection from sexual harassment in the workplace and do you think the Equality Act should be amended to make sure that is the case?
21. Does the current law around third-party harassment strike a fair balance between the need to protect employees and provide them with a means of redress, and the need to ensure the burden on employers is not too great?
7. Glossary and Additional Resources
The Equality Act 2010 The Equality Act 2010 legally protects people from discrimination in the workplace and in wider society. It replaced previous anti-discrimination laws with a single Act, making the law easier to understand and strengthening protection in some situations. It sets out the different ways in which it is unlawful to treat someone.
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According to the Women and Equality Committee’s Report on Sexual Harassment in the Workplace, The Equality Act 2010 is the most important law on sexual harassment in the workplace. The Act defines sexual harassment as “unwanted conduct of a sexual nature” which has the purpose or effect of violating dignity or “creating an intimidating, hostile, degrading, humiliating or offensive environment”.
The Equality Act also places particular obligations on employers that are public bodies. Under the Public Sector Equality Duty, those organisations have a responsibility to have due regard to the need to eliminate sexual harassment. This applies not only to their employment functions, but also to how they carry out their functions whether as a service provider, policy-maker or in the use of their regulatory powers.
Equality and Human Rights Commission The Equality and Human Rights Commission is an executive non-departmental public body sponsored by the Cabinet Office and established by the Equality Act 2006 with effect from 1 October 2007. The Commission has responsibility for the promotion and enforcement of equality and non-discrimination laws in England, Scotland and Wales.
It monitors human rights, protecting equality across 9 grounds - age, disability, sex, race, religion and belief, pregnancy and maternity, marriage and civil partnership, sexual orientation and gender reassignment.
It has primary responsibility for regulating employer actions to tackle harassment and has been active since December 2017 in conducting research and making recommendations for change to the Government.
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women is an international treaty adopted in 1979 by the United Nations General Assembly. Described as an international bill of rights for women, it was instituted on 3 September 1981 and has been ratified by 189 states.
Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs) A non-disclosure agreement is a contract that contains clauses that restrict what a signatory can say, or who they can tell, about something. These clauses are also known as confidentiality or gagging clauses. NDAs are used unethically by some employers and some members of the legal profession to silence victims of sexual harassment.
Employment Tribunals Employment tribunals make decisions about employment disputes. Nearly all legal cases about employment are heard in employment tribunals. This includes cases about things like unfair dismissal, redundancy and discrimination. There are also many other sorts of claim that can be brought.
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Third Party Harassment Third party harassment is the harassment of an employee or worker by someone who is not an employee but with whom the employee has contact as part of their work—for example, a client, customer or even a colleague who has a different employer.
Protection from Harassment Act 1997 The Protection from Harassment Act 1997 was originally introduced to deal with the problem of stalking. However, it deals with a much wider range of behaviour, including behaviour which alarms or distresses the victim. The Act gives both criminal and civil remedies. There are two criminal offences: pursuing a course of conduct amounting to harassment, and a more serious offence where the conduct puts the victim in fear of violence.
The Sexual Offences Act 2003 The Sexual Offences Act 2003 came into force on the 1 May 2004 and applies to all offences committed on or after that date. Its purpose was to strengthen and update the law on sexual offences, whilst improving the protection of individuals from sexual offenders. The Act repealed almost all of the previous statute law in relation to sexual offences.
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Day 3 - Wednesday 19 June 2019 FROM THEORY TO PRACTICE
TIME SESSION
0900 - 0915 Reflection and Refocus Attlee Suite, Portcullis House, UK Parliament
To start the day, delegates will reflect on the feedback given during the recap and reflection the previous day and will be given an overview of today’s sessions.
0915 - 1015 Session 10a: Interactive Session on Effective Questioning – Facilitated by Bespoke Skills Attlee Suite, Portcullis House, UK Parliament
Communication makes up a huge part of the work of a parliamentarian. In preparation for the committee exercise, delegates will be trained by communications experts on how to effectively ask and answer questions during committee hearings and to the media. This part of the Workshop will focus on how to ask questions effectively.
Kate Faragher, Founder, Bespoke Skills
1015-1030 Tea/Coffee Attlee Suite, Portcullis House, UK Parliament
1030 - 1130 Session 10b: Interactive Session on Effective Responses Attlee Suite, Portcullis House, UK Parliament
A continuation from session 10a, this will focus on developing the delegates’ effectiveness in responding during committee hearings.
1130 - 1210 Session 11: Committee Preparation: Livestream of the UK Treasury Committee Attlee Suite, Portcullis House, UK Parliament
This will be an opportunity for delegates to watch the UK Treasury Committee in action and ask questions on the committee proceedings as it is happening live.
Facilitated by Mems Ayinla, Second Clerk, Digital, Culture Media and Sport Committee
1210 – 1300 Lunch Attlee Suite, Portcullis House, UK Parliament
1300 - 1345 Session 12: In Conversation with Rt Hon Nicky Morgan MP, Chair, UK Treasury Committee Attlee Suite, Portcullis House, UK Parliament
As the Chair of the UK House of Commons Treasury Committee, Rt Hon Nicky Morgan MP is at the helm of examining the expenditure, administration and policy of various bodies such as HM Treasury, HM Revenue & Customs, and associated public bodies, including the Bank of England and the Financial Conduct Authority.
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Rt Hon Nicky Morgan MP will speak about some of the work the Treasury Committee has achieved in gender budgeting scrutiny in addition to some of the challenges they have faced. Her opening remarks will be followed by a dialogue with the delegates in the room.
Rt Hon. Nicky Morgan, Chair, UK Treasury Committee
1345 - 1400 Delegates to be escorted to Committee Room 2a, House of Lords
1400 - 1530 Session 13: Committee Exercise Committee Room 2a, House of Lords
Committees consider policy issues, scrutinise the work and expenditure of the government, and examine proposals for primary and secondary legislation. Select committees operate largely by an investigative process, while legislative committees operate mainly by debate.
Delegates will form a committee with the witnesses present. This will be a chance for participants to put into practice the skills developed in the communication sessions prior to this. It will be ‘freeze-frame facilitated’, giving participants in the exercise an opportunity to pause and think about how certain aspects could have been done differently, or compare how it usually would be conducted during a committee hearing in their own legislatures.
1530 - 1550 Session 14: Pledges Committee Room 2a, House of Lords
This will be an opportunity for delegates to share with colleagues what they have learnt from the Workshop and make pledges to effect Gender Sensitive Scrutiny within their own legislatures.
1550 - 1600 Delegates escorted to The Cholmondeley Room, House of Lords
1600 - 1700 Closing Ceremony The Cholmondeley Room, House of Lords
Speakers: Dawn Butler MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Women and Equalities Sarah Fountain Smith, Deputy High Commissioner for Canada, UK
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PLEDGES
‘After attending the Westminster Workshop on Gender Sensitive Scrutiny, I pledge to undertake the following actions…’
(Please tick at least one and make it specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and time- based):
RAISE A QUESTION IN MY PARLIAMENT RELATING TO GENDER SENSITIVE SCRUTINY
LOBBY FOR A GENDER AUDIT OR A FOLLOW UP ON RECOMMENDATIONS FROM A PREVIOUS AUDIT
INSTIGATE LEGISLATIVE CHANGE
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WORK WITH CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANISATIONS OR EXTERNAL PARTNERS ON ADVANCING A GENDER SENSITIVE ISSUE
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OTHER (PLEASE SPECIFY)
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DELEGATE LIST AND INFORMATION
Australia Kenya
Ms Tara Cheyne MLA – Australia ACT Hon. Lilian Gogo MP Mr Andrew Wall MLA – Australia ACT Hon. Ndini Nyoro MP Ms Leanne Linard MP – Australia Queensland Hon. Ruth Forrest MLC – Australia Tasmania Kiribati Ms Cassandra Rowe MLA – Western Australia Hon. Bill Marmion MLA – Western Australia Hon. England Iuta MP Hon Tekena Tiroa MP
Bangladesh Malaysia Mrs Naheed Ezaher Khan MP Hon. Nor Azrina Surip Mr Golam Faruk Khandakar Prince MP Hon. Ahmad Fahmi Mohamed Fadzil
Mr Suhaizan Kayat MLA - Malaysia Johor Canada Hon. Jenifer Lasimbang – Malaysia Sabah Mr Lorne Coe MPP – Canada Ontario Hon. Jannie Lasimbang – Malaysia Sabah Ms France Gélinas MPP – Canada Ontario Malta
Cayman Islands Hon. Clayton Bartolo MP Hon. Claudette Buttigieg MP Mr Austin Harris MLA
Mrs Barbara Conolly MLA Pakistan
Gambia Dr Shazia Sobia MNA Mr Faheem Khan MNA Hon. Saikouba Jarju Mr Syed Agha Rafiullah MNA Hon. Fatoumatta Njai
Seychelles Ghana Hon. Sebastien Pillay MNA Hon. Mavis Nkansah-Boadu Hon. Francois Adelaide Hon. James Klutse Avedzi
Sierra Leone Gibraltar Hon. Josephine Makieu MP Hon. Samantha Sacramento Hon. Edward George MP Hon. Edwin Reyes
St. Lucia Hong Kong Hon. Jeannine Giraudy-McIntyre MP Dr Helena Wong Pik-Wan Hon. Shawn Edward MP
Jamaica Wales
Ms Joyce Denise Daley MP Mrs Ann Jones AM Mr Leslie Campbell MP Ms Rhianon Passmore AM
United Kingdom
Baroness Burt of Solihull
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45 delegates from 25 legislatures from every region of the Commonwealth will attend the Westminster Workshop on Gender Sensitive Scrutiny from 17-19 June 2019.
Delegates are encouraged to keep in contact with other delegates involved in this programme.
AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY Ms Tara Cheyne MLA
Government
Constituency: Ginninderra Year Elected/Appointed: 2016 Political Party: Australian Labor Party Current Role: Government Whip; Chair of Select Committee inquiring into fuel prices in the ACT; Standing Committee on Public Accounts (Deputy Chair); Member of Standing Committee on Administration and Procedure Parliamentary Career: Integrity Commission (Nov 18 - present, Deputy Chair); End of Life Choices in the ACT (Nov 17 - Mar 19); Education, Employment and Youth Affairs (Aug 18 - Sep 18); Environment and Transport and City Services (Dec16 - Sep 18); Estimates 18-19 (Mar 2018) Background: Director, Commonwealth Department of Finance, 2016; Director, Commonwealth Attorney-General’s Dept, 2013-2016; Chair, Belconnen Community Council, 2014-2015; Commonwealth Attorney-General’s Department, 2008- 2013.
AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY Mr Andrew Wall MLA
Opposition
Constituency: Brindabella Year Elected/Appointed: 2012 Political Party: Canberra Liberals Current Role: Shadow Minister for Business, Employment, Tourism, Higher Education and Training; Opposition Whip; Standing committee on Administration and Procedure-Select Committee in to Fuel Pricing; Select Committee Privileges 2019 Parliamentary Career: Shadow Minister for Education & Local Business and Industrial relations (Nov 16 - Feb 18) Shadow Minister for Youth, Indigenous Affairs, Corrections, Disability, Business and Economic Development, Small Business (July 16 - Nov 16) Background: Project Manager, Patioworld Building Systems (Construction), 2006 – 2012; Duty Manager, Canberra Southern Cross Club (Hospitality), 2005 – 2009; Shift Manager, McDonalds (Retail/ Hospitality), 1999 – 2004.
28 AUSTRALIA QUEENSLAND Ms Leanne Linard MP
Government
Constituency: Nudgee Year Elected/Appointed: 2015 Political Party: Australian Labor Party Current Role: Chair, Education, Employment and Small Business Committee, 2018; Member, Ethics Committee, 2018 Parliamentary Career: Member Parliamentary Crime and Corruption Committee, Jan 2018 – Feb 18; Temp Deputy Speaker, Feb 16 - Feb 18; Chair Health Communities Disability Services & Domestic & Family Violence Prevention Committee, Feb 16 – Nov 17; Chair Health & Ambulance Services Committee, March 15 – Feb 16 Background: Executive Officer Commonwealth Statutory Authority, Senior Policy Advisor Queensland Government, private sector manager and retail assistant.
AUSTRALIA TASMANIA Hon. Ruth Forrest MLC
Opposition
Constituency: Murchison Year Elected/Appointed: 2005 Political Party: Independent Current Role: Deputy President of the Legislative Council and the Chair of Committees in the Legislative Council (appointed May 2018); Deputy Chair of Joint Standing Committee on Public Accounts, 2010-2013, 2014- present Parliamentary Career: Second Deputy Chair of Committees in the Legislative Council, 2014-2017; Third Deputy Chair of Committees, 2011 to 2014; Member of the Legislative Council Estimates Committees which scrutinise the Tasmanian State Budget (yearly), and the Legislative Council Government Business Enterprises Scrutiny Committees. Background: Nurse and Midwife from 1982; Tasmanian Branch President and National Delegate for National Association of Childbirth Educators Inc and Australian College of Midwives; Clinical Nurse Educator for Family Planning Tasmania, 1993-2005 and delivered antenatal education programs to pregnant teenagers, 2004.
WESTERN AUSTRALIA Ms Cassandra Rowe MLA
Government
Constituency: Belmont Year Elected/Appointed: 2017 Political Party: Australia Labor Party Current Role: Member, Parliamentary Services Committee Parliamentary Career: Elected to the Fortieth Parliament for Belmont on 11 March 2017 Background: BA, AdvDip (FinServ), Dip (FinServ), Dip (Screenwriting). Financial Planner.
29 WESTERN AUSTRALIA Hon. Bill Marmion MLA
Opposition
Constituency: Nedlands Year Elected/Appointed: 2008 Political Party: Liberal Party Current Role: Member, Education and Health Standing Committee, 2017 - present Parliamentary Career: Minister for Commerce; Science and Innovation; Housing; Minister Assisting the Treasurer, Apr 2010 - Dec 2010; Minister for Environment; Water 2010 - 2013; Minister for State Development; Finance; Innovation, May 2016 - Sept 2016; Minister for State Development; Transport; Innovation, Sept 2016 - March 2017; Shadow Minister for Health; Mental Health, 2017 - 2018. Background: Civil EngineerBEng; MBA. Small Business Partnership; Strategic Planning.
BANGLADESH Mrs Naheed Ezaher Khan MP
Government
Constituency: Constituency 305 Women 5 Year Elected/Appointed: 2018 Political Party: Bangladesh Awami League Current Role: Member of a Parliamentary Standing Committee Background: Teaching
BANGLADESH Mr Golam Faruk Khandakar Prince MP
Government
Constituency: Constituency 72 Pabna 5 Year Elected/Appointed: 2008 Political Party: Bangladesh Awami League Current Role: Member of Parliamentary Standing Committees Parliamentary Career: Elected MP for the first time in 2008 in the 9th Parliament and again in the 10th and 11th Parliament. Previous member of several Parliamentary Standing Committees in the 9th and 10th Parliament. Background: A grade contractor.
30 CANADA ONTARIO Ms France Gélinas MPP
Opposition
Constituency: Nickel Belt Year Elected/Appointed: 2007 Political Party: New Democratic Party of Ontario Current Role: Chief Opposition Whip (August 23, 2018 - Present); Critic, Health Care (August 23, 2018-Present) Parliamentary Career: Deputy Opposition House Leader, June 2018 – August 2018; Member, Deputy Third Party House Leader, March 2015 – May 2018; Vice-Chair, Standing Committee on Social Policy, October 2014 – March 2015; Standing Committee on Public Accounts, April 2009 –September 2011 Background: Executive Director of the Community Health Centre in Sudbury.
CANADA ONTARIO Mr Lorne Coe MPP
Government
Constituency: Whitby Year Elected/Appointed: 2016 Political Party: Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario Current Role: Chief Government Whip; Member, Standing Committee on Regulations and Private Bills; Member, Standing Committee on the Legislative Assembly Parliamentary Career: Critic, Education, Jan 2018 – May 2018; Critic for Post-Secondary Education, Feb 2017 – May 2018; Critic for Advanced Education, Skills and Development, June 2016 – Feb 2017; Critic, Training, Colleges and Universities; March 2016 – June 2016; Member, Standing Committee on Social Policy, Feb 2016 – May 2018 Background: Served Whitby residents as their Regional Council for thirteen years while working in senior positions in the private sector and as a civil servant within the Ontario government.
CAYMAN ISLANDS Mrs Barbara Conolly MLA
Government
Constituency: George Town South Year Elected/Appointed: 2017 Political Party: People’s Progressive Movement party (PPM) Current Role: Public Accounts Committee – Member; Ombudsman Oversight Committee – Member; Youth Parliament Organising Committee – Chairperson Parliamentary Career: Member of the Legislative Assembly; Councillor - Ministry of Education & Youth Background: Worked in the Financial Services Industry for 36 years lastly at Alexandria Bancorp Limited as the Manager of Fiduciary Services; PA to former Leader of Government Business 2005-2009; Party’s general secretary 2013-2017.
31 CAYMAN ISLANDS Austin Harris
Government
Constituency: Prospect Year Elected/Appointed: 2017 Political Party: Independent Current Role: Public Accounts Committee – Member; Standing House Committee – Member; Register of Interest Committee – Member Parliamentary Career: Member of the Legislative Assembly; Councillor - Ministry of Human Resources, Immigration and Community Affairs; Background: Began his professional career in the financial services industry, first in Retail Banking and afterwards in Private Wealth Management until 2007. Talk-show host on topics Crime, Employment, the Economy, Human Rights and major infrastructure projects, March 2008 – 2017.
GAMBIA Hon. Fatoumatta Njai
Opposition
Constituency: Banjul South Year Elected/Appointed: 2017 Political Party: People’s Progressive Party (PPP) Current Role: Member of the Finance and Public Accounts Committee Parliamentary Career: Political Activist Background: Civil Servant
GAMBIA Hon. Saikouba Jarju
Government
Constituency: Busumbala Year Elected/Appointed: 2017 Political Party: United Democratic Party (UDP) Current Role: Member of the Education Committee Parliamentary Career: Politician Background: Teacher
32 GHANA Hon. Mavis Nkansah- Boadu MP
Government
Constituency: Afigya Sekyere East Year Elected/Appointed: 2017 Political Party: New Patriotic Party (NPP) Current Role: Member of Parliament for Afigya Sekyere East; Member of Foreign Affairs Committee; Member of Public Accounts Committee Background: International Student Ambassador, Devry University New York (2015-2016);
GHANA Hon. James Klutse Avedzi MP
Opposition
Constituency: Ketu North Year Elected/Appointed: 2005 Political Party: National Democratic Congress (NDC) Current Role: Chairman of Public Accounts Committee Parliamentary Career: Chair of Finance Committee (Jan 2009-Jan 2017); Health Committee Member (Jan 2005-Jan 2013); Trade, Industry and Tourism Committee (Jan 2013-date) Background: Head of Financial Reporting Unit-Ministry of Health (2001-2004); Head of Finance Unit-Central Regional Hospital (1999-2001); Senior Accountant-Ministry of Health Hq (1997-1999); Accountant-HOTCATT (1995-1997)
GIBRALTAR Hon. Samantha Sacramento
Government
Constituency: N/A Year Elected/Appointed: 2011 Political Party: Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party Current Role: Minister for Housing and Equality Parliamentary Career: Commonwealth Women Parliamentary steering Committee member Background: Legal Affairs Officer Commission for Racial Equality, Cardiff, Oct 2001 - Dec 2003; Barrister; Gibraltar - May 2004 to Dec 2011.
33 GIBRALTAR Hon. Edwin Reyes
Opposition
Constituency: Gibraltar Year Elected/Appointed: 2007 Political Party: Gibraltar Social Democrats Current Role: Shadow Education, Culture, Sports & Leisure, 2011 - present Parliamentary Career: Minister for Culture, Heritage, Sports & Leisure, 2007 - 2011 Background: School teacher by profession; Training Adviser at Ministry for Education and Training.
HONG KONG Dr Helena Wong Pik-Wan
Opposition
Constituency: Kowloon West Year Elected/Appointed: 2012 Political Party: Democratic Party Current Role: Commissioner for Gender Equality, Democratic Party (DP); Member, Central Committee, DPPanel; Member of: Food Safety and Environmental Hygiene, Health Services, Education, Constitutional Affairs, Development, Transport Parliamentary Career: Chairperson Food Safety and Environmental Hygiene Panel (2016- 2017) Background: Lecturer (General Education Centre, Hong Kong Polytechnic University).
JAMAICA Ms Joyce Denise Daley MP
Opposition
Constituency: St. Catherine Eastern Year Elected/Appointed: 2011 Political Party: People’s National Party Current Role: Member of the Constituency Development Fund Committee; Member of the Ethics Committee Parliamentary Career: Councillor Background: Educator; Deputy Mayor for Spanish Town (14 years)
34 JAMAICA Mr Leslie Campbell MP
Government
Constituency: North Eastern St. Catherine
Year Elected/Appointed: 2016 Political Party: Jamaica Labour Party Current Role: Member of the Internal and External Committee; Member of the Public Administration and Appropriations Committee Parliamentary Career: Legislator Background: Barrister and Attorney-at-Law; Chairman of the National Health Fund; Commissioner to Anti- dumping and Subsidies Commission; Member of Several Public Boards
KENYA Hon. Lilian Gogo MP
Opposition
Constituency: Rangwe
Year Elected/Appointed: 2017
Political Party: Orange Democratic Movement
Current Role: Member - Departmental Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations and Parliamentary Broadcasting and Library Committee
Background: Egerton University – Lecturer (2013 – 2017); Kenya Methodists University - Lecturer (2012 – 2013); Egerton University - Part-time Lecturer (2007 – 2012) Kenya Cooperative Creameries - Production Supervisor (1999 – 2000)
KENYA Hon. Ndini Nyoro MP
Government
Constituency: Kiharu Year Elected/Appointed: 2017 Political Party: Jubilee Party Current Role: Member of the Public Accounts Committee and the Committee on Regional Integration Background: Investaa Capital, Managing Director (2013 - 2017); Sahara Capital, Chairman (2012-2017); Afriel Telecoms, Director (2009 - 2017)
35 KIRIBATI Hon. England Iuta MP
Opposition
Constituency: Beru Year Elected/Appointed: 2016 Political Party: Boutokan Te Koaua Party Current Role: Member of Parliament
KIRIBATI Hon. Tekena Tiroa MP
Government
Constituency: Abaiang Year Elected/Appointed: 2016 Political Party: Tobwaan Kiribati Party (TKP) Current Role: Member of Parliament
MALAYSIA Hon. Nor Azrina Surip MP
Government
Constituency: Merbok Year Elected/Appointed: 2018 Political Party: People’s Justice Party (Keadilan) Current Role: Chairperson of the Special Select Committee on Rights and Gender Equality Parliamentary Career: Exco Members of Women Central Committee - People’s Justice Party (Keadilan)
36 MALAYSIA Hon. Ahmad Fahmi Mohamed Fadzil MP
Government
Constituency: Lembah Pantai Year Elected/Appointed: 2018 Political Party: People’s Justice Party (Keadilan) Current Role: Member of the Special Select Committee on Rights and Gender Equality Parliamentary Career: Communication Director - People’s Justice Party
MALAYSIA JOHOR Mr Suhaizan Kayat MLA
Government
Constituency: Johor, State of Malaysia Year Elected/Appointed: 2018 Political Party: Parti Amanah Negara Current Role: Speaker Johor State Legislative Assembly; Chairman of Standing Orders Committee. Chairman of Privileges Committee. Parliamentary Career: Youth Chief of Malaysia Islamic Party. Johor Youth Chief of Malaysia Islamic Party. Organizational Secretary of The National Trust Part Constituency from Malaysia Islamic Parti. Background: Lecturer in Software Engineering at University Technology of Malaysia.
MALAYSIA SABAH Hon. Jenifer Lasimbang
Government
Constituency: N20 Moyog Year Elected/Appointed: 2018 Political Party: Parti Warisan Sabah (WARISAN) Current Role: Assistant Minister, Ministry of Education and Innovation, Sabah Parliamentary Career: Former Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) Sabah Deputy Women Chief. Former Penampang PKR Women Chief.
37 MALAYSIA SABAH Hon. Janine Lasimbang
Goverment
Constituency: Kapayan (Sabah State Constituency) Year Elected/Appointed: 2018 Political Party: Democratic Active Party Current Role: Woman Chief (Sabah). Assistant Women Chief (National). Central Executive Council Parliamentary Career: Assistant Ministry of Law & Native Affairs
MALTA Hon. Claudette Buttigieg MP
Opposition
Constituency: District 12 - Northernmost part of the island Year Elected/Appointed: 2013 Political Party: Partit Nazzjonalista Current Role: Re-elected in Parliament and appointed Deputy Speaker, June 2017; Currently Shadows Citizen Rights, Civil Liberties and Equality; Member of the Parliamentary Sub-Committee on Diabetes. Parliamentary Career: Elected to Parliament in March 2013; Previous member of the parliamentary social affairs and immigration committees and Shadow Minister for Health. Background: TV presenter, producer & singer by profession (20 years); Theatre graduate, University of Malta; Specialision in Media and performing Arts, University of Bologna at the Discipline dell’Arte, Musica e Spettacolo (DAMS).
MALTA Hon. Clayton Bartolo MP
Government
Constituency: District 12 - Northernmost part of the island Year Elected/Appointed: 2017 Political Party: Partit Laburista Current Role: Parliamentary Group on the European Capital of Culture - Chairman Economic and Financial Affairs Committee Public Accounts Committee Public Appointments Committee Parliamentary Career: Elected Councillor in the Mellieħa Local Council, 2008-2013; Re-elected as a Deputy Mayor of the same council in 2013 and was responsible for events, communications with local NGOs and EU initiatives and programmes. Background: Accountant & Auditor - Self-Employed Accounting Manager/Audit Senior Senior Auditor with local firms in Malta
38 PAKISTAN Dr Shazia Sobia MNA
Opposition
Constituency: Reserved seat for women Year Elected/Appointed: 2018 Political Party: PPPP (Pakistan People’s Party Parliamentarians) Current Role: Member of following Standing Committees of National Assembly:(i) Federal education & Professional Training;(ii) National Health Services, Regulations & Coordination Parliamentary Career: Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan, since August 2018. Previously she was member of the National Assembly from November 2015 to May 2018 on R/S/W from PPPP.
PAKISTAN Mr Faheem Khan MNA
Government
Constituency: NA-241 (Korangi Karachi-III) Year Elected/Appointed: 2018 Political Party: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Current Role: Member of following Standing Committees: (i) Finance, Revenue and Economic Affairs; (ii) Maritime Affairs; and (iii) Privatization Parliamentary Career: Elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan from Constituency NA-241 (Korangi Karachi-III) as a candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf in Pakistani general election, 2018.
PAKISTAN Mr Syed Agha Rafiullah MNA
Opposition
Constituency: NA-238 (Malir-III) Year Elected/Appointed: 2018 Political Party: PPPP (Pakistan People’s Party Parliamentarian) Current Role: Member of following National Assembly Standing Committees:(i) Housing & Works;(ii) Interior;(iii) Planning, Development & Reforms Parliamentary Career: Syed Agha Rafiullah is the Member of the National Assembly elected from NA- 238 (Malir-III) during General Election 2018 from the seat of PPPP.
39 SEYCHELLES Hon. Sebastien Pillay MNA
Government
Constituency: N/A Year Elected/Appointed: 2012 Political Party: United Seychelles Current Role: Committee member of Bill’s, Standing Orders, Defence, FPAC, Islands Parliamentary Career: Standing Orders Committee as well as the Finance and Public Accounts Committee. Background: Director General Presidential Affairs; Director General Cabinet Affairs; Lecturer University of Seychelles
SEYCHELLES Hon. Francois Adelaide
Opposition
Constituency: Baie lazare Year Elected/Appointed: 2016 Political Party: Seychelles Democratic Union Current Role: Reform and Modernisation Committee; HIV and Aids Committee Background: Self-employed; Nurse
SIERRA LEONE Hon. Josephine Makieu MP
Government
Constituency: 014 Year Elected/Appointed: 2018 Political Party: Sierra Leone People Party (SLPP) Current Role: Member of the Female Caucus; Member of the Health Committee, Member of the Agriculture Committee, Member of Inter Parliamentary Union (IPU); Member of National Social Action and Non-Governmental Organization Committee Parliamentary Career: Regional Secretary General for the women’s wing of the south from 1995-2000 for SLPP; Deputy Women’s Leader of SLPP in the Bo district Background: Counsellor (2004-2012); Womens Leader (Southern Province)- Zonal, Constituency, District and Regional Chair Person; Vice president of Sierra Leone Female Council Association.
40 SIERRA LEONE Hon. Edward George MP
Government
Constituency: 097 Year Elected/Appointed: 2018 Political Party: Sierra Leone People Party (SLPP) Current Role: Transparency and Accountability Committee, Member; Transport and Aviation Committee, Member; Defence Committee, Member Background: Accountant
SAINT LUCIA Hon. Jeannine Giraudy-McIntyre MP
Government
Constituency: N/A Year Elected/Appointed: 2018 Political Party: United Workers Party Current Role: President of the Senate Parliamentary Career: Chairperson - Standing Order Committee; House Committee; Committee of Privileges Background: Attorney-at-Law; Manager, Legal Department (1996 – 2001); Deputy Registrar of the Court of Appeal/Registrar of the High Court and Registrar General, Registrar of Lands, Registrar of Companies, Registrar of Civil Status (Ag) (1993 – 1996)
SAINT LUCIA Hon. Shawn Edward MP
Opposition
Constituency: Dennery North Political Party: St. Lucia Labour Party (SLP) Current Role: Member of the Regulations Committee and the Committee of Privileges Parliamentary Career: Former Minister for Youth Development & Sports, 2011-2016 Background: Educator, Youth Leader and Community Activist. Teacher with 17 years Primary and Secondary experience. Former National Cricketer and Former Windward Islands Cricket Team Manager.
41 WALES Mrs Ann Jones AM
Government
Constituency: Vale of Clwyd Year Elected/Appointed: 1999 Political Party: Welsh Labour Party Current Role: Deputy Presiding Officer Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister (Chair) Business Committee (Member) Parliamentary Career: Chair of the Communities, Equalities and Local Government Committee and the Children and Young People Committee and has twice been chair of the Labour Group. Background: Worked in the Fire Service emergency call-handling centre and was a national official of the Fire Brigades Union (30 years). Rhyl town Councillor and Town Mayor (1996-97).
WALES Ms Rhianon Passmore AM
Government
Constituency: Islwyn Year Elected/Appointed: 2016 Political Party: Welsh Labour Party Current Role: Member of the Culture, Welsh Language and Communications Committee; Member of the Finance Committee; Member of the Public Accounts Committee; Member of the CPA Wales Executive Committee Background: Former teacher and lecturer. She has experience within the trade union movement, local government and has held the post of Council Cabinet Member for Education.
UNITED KINGDOM The Baroness Burt of Solihull
House of Lords, UK
Year Elected/Appointed: 2015 Current Role: Member of the UK House of Lords (2015); Member of the Draft Domestic Abuse Bill (Joint) Committee Parliamentary Career: MP for Solihull (2005-2015); first woman to chair the Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Party; Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Chief Secretary for the Treasury, a Government Whip and the Government’s Champion for Women in Enterprise in the 2010 – 2015 coalition; Shadow Secretary of State for Business, then Shadow Secretary for Equalities for the Lords Background: Previously an entrepreneur with several small businesses, worked in Personal and Training management for several international businesses and has also served as an Assistant Governor in HM Prison Service.
42 CONTRIBUTOR BIOGRAPHIES In order of sessions
PROFESSOR HUGH BOCHEL Professor of Public Policy, University of Lincoln
Session: Session 3: Gender Sensitive Scrutiny and The UK: The Current Situation
Biography: Hugh Bochel has wide-ranging research interests across social and public policy and politics. These include the policy process, parliaments and the position of women in politics. In 2017 he was an Academic Fellow in the Scottish Parliament examining the diversity of witnesses to the Parliament’s committees.
SARAH CHAMPION MP Member of the Women and Equalities committee
Session: Session 3: Gender Sensitive Scrutiny and The UK: The Current Situation
Biography: Sarah Champion is the Labour Member of Parliament for Rotherham and was previously Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities. She was elected in 2012 and became the town’s first female MP.
Sarah holds a BA in Psychology and prior to becoming an MP, was Chief Executive at Bluebell Wood Children’s Hospice, which supports terminally ill children and their families.
In 2014, Sarah led a high-profile inquiry into the effectiveness of current child sexual exploitation legislation, which culminated with a change in the law - something that is almost unheard of by a backbench MP.
Before being appointed to her current role, Sarah served as Shadow Minister for Preventing Abuse & Domestic Violence. Her campaign, www.Dare2Care.org, aims to prevent child abuse and violence in teenage relationships. Sarah has been a prominent campaigner on the impact of social media and on-line pornography in the escalation of abuse of children, disabled and the LGBT community and how the internet leads to violence in relationships.
43 NAZ SHAH MP Shadow Minister, Women and Equalities
Session: Session 3: Gender Sensitive Scrutiny and The UK: The Current Situation
Biography: Born and raised in Bradford, Naz Shah is a progressive and dynamic Labour MP, elected at the 2015 general election after a monumental and very publicised struggle to win the seat from George Galloway. She successfully defended the seat in 2017 achieving the best result for the Labour Party in Yorkshire and the Humber.
Since taking her seat in Parliament Naz has lead the way on Muslim issues, in addition to having held the post of Parliamentary Private Secretary the Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell MP.
As a Shadow Minister, Naz has had to give up her place on the committee, however, when a member of the Home Affairs Select Committee, Naz used the platform to raise the agenda of immigration, race, representation and in particular hate crime. She worked closely with the police around issues of extremism, terrorism and race.
Naz was herself forced into an arranged marriage at the age of 15 and she also spent years campaigning for her Mother, Zoora Shah, to be released from prison for killing an abusive partner.
Naz is also the Chair of APPG for Islamic finance, former Chair of APPG for Islamophobia & Vice Chair on the APPG for British Muslims, and APPG for Integration.
BARONESS ELIZABETH BARKER Liberal Democrats Lords Spokesperson
Session: Session 3 & 5a: Gender Sensitive Scrutiny and The UK: The Current Situation &Parliamentarians working with partners
Biography: Baroness Barker joined the Liberal Party in 1979, when she also became a member of the Union of Liberal Students, which she chaired from 1982 to 1983. During the same year, she took membership of the Liberal Party National Executive. Liz became a member of the Federal Policy Committee in 1997, and was chair of the Liberal Democrat Federal Conference Committee. She has chaired many policy working groups, including those on the Future of Social Services, Liberal Democracy, Freedom and Fairness for Women, An Age of Opportunity and The Future of the Voluntary Sector.
From 2004-2010, Liz became Spokesperson on Health for the Liberal Democrats in the Lords and remains a member of the Health and Social Care Team
Liz is a Trustee to the Andy Lawson Memorial Fund, and her other special interests include health, social services, charities and social enterprise. Liz has supported a wide range of LGBT charities.
Liz runs a small consultancy which provides strategic business development support to charities, social enterprises and statutory authorities. Liz has particular interest in developing best practice in governance and relationships between third sector organisations and businesses.
In 2015 Liz was appointed as the Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for the Voluntary Sector and Social Enterprise.
MARY-ANN STEPHENSON Director, Womens Budget Group
Session: Session 5a: Parliamentarians working with partners.
Biography: Mary-Ann has worked for women’s equality and human rights for over twenty years as a campaigner, researcher and trainer. She was previously Director of the Fawcett Society and a Commissioner on the Women’s National Commission. She is a founder member of Coventry Women’s Voices and a board member at Coventry Rape and Sexual Abuse Centre. She has a PhD in Law from the University of Warwick.
44 JAKOB KOPPERUD Special representative to the UK and Ireland, World Bank
Session: Session 5a: Parliamentarians working with partners.
Biography: Jakob Kopperud was appointed World Bank Special Representative to the UK and Ireland in June 2018, in which capacity he leads the World Bank team in London with oversight of all outreach activities to UK and Irish government, parliament and civil society. From September 2015 to June 2018 he served simultaneously as Advisor and Deputy to the Director of World Bank Europe, Advisor on World Bank Multilateral Engagement, World Bank Delegate to the OECD, and World Bank delegate to the G20 Development Working Group. During the same period he acted as Director and World Bank Special Representative to Europe from January to May 2017. In previous roles at the Bank, Jakob was responsible for relations with the Nordic Countries (2003-15), the Netherlands (2009-13) and international parliamentary organisations (2008-14). Before joining the World Bank, he was with the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs - as a communications advisor to the Minister for International Development, and as a desk officer with the multilateral bank and finance section; ran his own consultancy; and worked for Norwegian’s People’s Aid. Jakob has a bachelors from Oslo University College and a masters from the University of Bristol, both in development studies.
DR ROBERTA BLACKMAN-WOODS MP BIMR Regional Representative, Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians International Steering Committee
Session: Session 7: Intoduction to the Women & Equalities Committee
Biography: Roberta Blackman-Woods MP is proud and privileged to represent the City of Durham in Parliament. Before being elected as the Labour Member of Parliament for the City of Durham in 2005 she was a university professor in social policy and had previously served as a local councillor.
In October 2010 the MP was appointed Shadow Minister for Civil Society in the Cabinet Office team covering charities, volunteering and social enterprise. She has previously served as Shadow Minister for Business, Innovation and Skills covering regional policy and economic development, PPS to the Higher Education Minister and PPS to the Secretary of State for Defence. She is now a shadow communities minister. She has served on the following Select Committees: Education and Skills, Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills, Science and Technology and Statutory Instruments.
Roberta previously served as a Regional Representative for the British Islands & Mediterranean Region on the CPA Executive Committee from 2012-2015. She also represents the UK branch on the regional Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians (CWP) Steering Committee and attends the CWP Conferences.
THE RT HON. MARIA MILLER Chair, Women and Equalities Committee
Session: Session 7: Introduction to the Women and Equalities COmmittee
Biography: Maria Frances Lewis Miller (born 26 March 1964) is a British Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Basingstoke since 2005. She is the Chair of the Women and Equalities Select Committee.
She was the Minister for Disabled People from 2010 to 2012, and from 2012 to 2014 a member of the Cabinet as Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport and Minister for Women and Equalities. She also currently sits on the CPA UK Executive Committee
45 BARONESS MARY GOUDIE Member, Finance Committee, House of Lords
Session: Session 8a: Institutionalising Gender Sensitive Parliaments: UK Gender-Sensitive Parliament Audit 2018 – The Report
Biography: Baroness Mary Goudie is a senior member of the British House of Lords and a global advocate for the rights of women and children. In the UK she is a founding member of The 30% Club which aims to influence chairman to bring more women onto corporate boards. She is an emeritus of the Board of Directors of Vital Voices Global Partnership. Goudie is a trustee of the El-Hibri Charitable Foundation, based in the US, whose aims are to foster interfaith dialogue to establish solutions to global challenges affecting mankind. She is a member of the UK Board of Directors for theCenter for Talent Innovation, a nonprofit think tank that focuses on challenges and issues pertaining to the workplace. Goudie is an ambassador for ICRW, and a board member the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace, and Security. She is also a member of the board for the Center of Women, Peace and Security at the LSE.
BARONESS DOROTHEA GLENYS THORNTON Shadow spokesperson, Health, House of Lords
Session: Session 8a: Institutionalising Gender Sensitive Parliaments: UK Gender-Sensitive Parliament Audit 2018 – The Report
Biography: A feminist activist from LSE days, she has worked within the Labour Party to ensure gender balance and has and still does mentor many women seeking public office. More recently Glenys has been supporting women elected to new parliaments in the developing world, Tanzania, Kenya and Myanmar for example. Glenys ran her own communications company from 2001 – 2008 and stood down when she was appointed Health Minister in the House of Lords. She also had responsibility for Women and Equalities in the Lords and helped to put through the Equality Act of 2010.
In 2010 she became the Shadow Health Minister and in May 2012, Glenys changed jobs and became the Women and Equalities Shadow Minister, and so has worked on Equal Marriage Act, Forced Marriage Act and violence against women legislation.
ALISON THEWLISS MP SHADOW SNP SPOKESPERSON (TREASURY)
Session: Session 8a: Institutionalising Gender Sensitive Parliaments: UK Gender-Sensitive Parliament Audit 2018 – The Report
Biography: Alison Thewliss was elected to serve the people of Glasgow Central in May 2015. She is the SNP Spokesperson for Cities in the House of Commons. Prior to her election as an MP, she served as Glasgow Councillor for the Calton Ward in the East End. Alison was the Glasgow SNP Council Group’s spokesperson on Land and Environmental Services, and she takes a keen interest in improving local government and democracy. She is a member of Scottish CND and believes passionately in the scrapping of nuclear weapons. Alison lives in Glasgow with her husband and 2 young children.
46 LYNN GARDNER Principal Clerk, Select Committees, House of Commons Session: Session 8a: Institutionalising Gender Sensitive Parliaments: UK Gender-Sensitive Parliament Audit 2018 – The Report
Biography: Lynn Gardner joined the House of Commons Service in 1987 and has worked in a variety of roles within the procedural and committee offices. As a Principal Clerk in the Committee Office, she led on the Office cultural transformation plan in 2018/19 and she represented Commons staff on the Panel which undertook the IPU Gender-Sensitive Parliament Audit in Westminster in Autumn 2018.
SARAH PETIT Lead Advisor to the Independent Director for Cultural Transformation
Session: Session 8b: Institutionalising Gender Sensitive Parliaments: UK Gender-Sensitive Parliament Audit 2018 – Practical session
Biography: Sarah Petit has worked for the House of Commons since 2007 in a variety of roles, including Clerk of the Public Accounts Committee, Specialist for the Home Affairs Select Committee and Head of Private Office for the Clerk of the House and the Director General. She is currently Lead Adviser in the Cultural Transformation Team, which was established in response to the report of Dame Laura Cox on the bullying and harassment of House of Commons staff.
Sarah has a strong interest in gender issues. She ran the secretariat for the Commons Reference Group on Representation and Inclusion, established by the Speaker to progress the recommendations of the Good Parliament Report; and led the preparations and secretariat support for the UK Parliament’s first full Gender Sensitive Parliament Audit in 2018.
DR PHILLIPA TUDOR Clerk of Committees, House of Lords
Session: Session 8b: Institutionalising Gender Sensitive Parliaments: UK Gender-Sensitive Parliament Audit 2018 – Practical session
Biography: Dr Philippa Tudor FCIPD FRSA has been a Clerk at the House of Lords since 1982, and Clerk of Committees since 2011. From 2001-2003 she was seconded to the civil service as the Government’s chief adviser on the Scottish devolution settlement. She has held management board roles in the civil service and in the House of Lords as Head of HR (2003-2007) and Finance Director (2007-2011) and has sat at the Table of the House of Lords for over 20 years, the first woman to do so.
47 OLUWASEUN AYODEJI OSOWOBI Executive Director, Stand to End Rape Initiative & Commonwealth Young Person of the Year 2019
Session: Session 9: Gender Sensitive Scrutiny: Including young people in the conversation
Biography: Oluwaseun Ayodeji Osowobi is the founder of Stand to End Rape initiative (STER), a youth- led organisation engaging in raising awareness on gender-based violence, policy advocacy, providing medical, legal, psycho-social and educational support to survivors of sexual violence, while providing practical suggestions to curb them and changing community perception towards sexual reproductive health and rights (SRHR) issues and sexual violence. Stand to End Rape Initiative focuses on achieving the SDG 5 (Gender Equality) with the aim to eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls in public and private spaces.
She leads a national movement with over 100 youth volunteers across Nigeria and focuses her work on awareness, policy advocacy, prevention and support for women and girls. She is not only working with communities to teach men about gender equality, she is also working with stakeholders to create bye-laws that protect the rights of women and girls, creating access to contraceptives to women and girls and working to eliminate Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). She also teaches women about their bodies, sexual violence sexual reproductive health and rights and empowers them to speak up against abuse in the community.
Over the course of five (5) years, STER Initiative has worked on projects aimed at eliminating the prevalence of sexual violence, providing adolescents with access to information and services for contraceptives and family planning, teaching boys and men in schools and communities about gender equality and consent. As part of CSO coalitions, STER Initiative enjoins the Government for the passage of Laws that protect the rights of women and girls in Nigeria such as such as the Violence against Persons Prohibition Bill (VAPP), the Gender and Equal Opportunities Bill and the Sexual Harassment in Tertiary Institution Prohibition Bill. STER Initiative teaches young boys in and men in schools and communities to change their perceptions, attitudes and actions that contribute to gender inequality and violence against women in Nigeria.
In 2019 Oluwaseun won The Commonwealth Young Person of the Year 2019 award and was also the Regional Winner, Africa and Europe Region for Excellence in Development Work.
JAMES APPIAH UK Youth Select Committee & Co-Chair on the Newham Youth Commission
Session: Session 9: Gender Sensitive Scrutiny: Including young people in the conversation
Biography: James Appiah, 16, from Stratford, is currently studying Geography, Economics and Politics at St Bonaventure’s School, where he is also Head Boy. He is a leader at The East London Citizens Organisation as well as Co-Chair on the Newham Youth Commission. He has also gained valuable experience as Co- Student Leader of the Christian Agency for Overseas Development. James was propelled to join the Youth Select Committee as a result of recent stabbings in his area. He wants to use his skills and his political influence to help reduce the rates of knife crime in his constituency.
48 CLAUDIA QUINN Former Chair, UK Youth Select Committee
Session: Session 9: Gender Sensitive Scrutiny: Including young people in the conversation
Biography: Claudia Quinn was chair of the Youth Select Committee in 2018, which investigated barriers to work experience. As part of her role, she wrote articles, such as for the Huffington Post, took part in interviews for BBC Radio 4 and BBC Radio Merseyside, and spoke about the issue in Parliament and at various events. An active member of European Youth Parliament, she represents the UK abroad and is a dedicated advocate of youth engagement in politics. Claudia currently studies History, Politics, and Maths, and hopes to begin her degree in European Studies (with German) at King’s College London in September. Aside from this, Claudia also holds a performance diploma of the London College of Music in piano.
DANIELLE ROWLEY MP Member, Scottish Affairs Committee
Session: Session 9: Gender Sensitive Scrutiny: Including young people in the conversation
Biography: Danielle Rowley was born on 25 February 1990 and grew up in a council estate in Dalkeith. Her father is Scottish Labour Party politician Alex Rowley and her late mother was a trade unionist. Both her grandfathers were Labour Party activists and miners. She was educated at Dalkeith High School and graduated from the Edinburgh Napier University with a journalism degree in 2014. Rowley supported Scotland staying part of the union during the 2014 Scottish independence referendum and worked as former Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s constituency media manager during the campaign. Before her election to Parliament, Rowley worked as the Campaigns and Public Relations Officer for housing charity Shelter Scotland and was also a Member of the Scottish Youth Parliament.
Rowley was selected in April 2017 as the official Labour Party candidate, for the Midlothian constituency at the snap general election on 8 June. She went on to be elected as the Member of Parliament for the constituency with a majority of 885 votes over the sitting Scottish National Party MP Owen Thompson. Rowley is so far, the first and only female MP for Midlothian. In her maiden speech in the House of Commons in July 2017, she commented that she would fight to reduce the need of food banks in her constituency. Shortly after her election, Rowley was appointed as Parliamentary Private Secretary to Shadow Foreign Secretary Emily Thornberry.
She chaired Richard Leonard’s successful 2017 Scottish Labour leadership campaign to become Leader of the Scottish Labour Party, following Kezia Dugdale’s decision to resign. Since September 2017, Rowley has been a member of the Scottish Affairs Select Committee.
KATE FARAGHER
Session: Session 10A + 10B: Effective questioning and responses
Biography: Kate Faragher, founder and CEO of BeSpoke Skills, has over 14 years experience coaching, consulting and training senior executives in national and international FTSE 100 companies as well as at the House of Commons. Kate has trained with some of the top voice coaches in the country and is a fully qualified Executive and Business coach, NLP practitioner, Emotional Intelligence trainer, and Myers Briggs Personality Profiling Coach.
49 MEMS AYINLA Second Clerk, Digital, Culture Media and Sport Committee
Session: Session 11: Committee Preparation: Livestream of the UK Treasury Committee
Biography: Mems is currently the Second Clerk for the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee. Her previous roles in the House include being the Clerk of Public Petitions and Clerk of Papers based in the Journal Office. Mems is the current membership officer for ParliREACH a Workplace Equality Network encouraging greater diversity in the House
RT HON. NICKY MORGAN Chair
Session: Session 12: In conversation with Rt Hon. Nicky Morgan, UK Treasury Committee, Chair
Biography: Nicky Morgan is the chair of the House of Commons Treasury Committee. She is a former Mergers & Acquisitions lawyer and has worked in three major City of London firms. She has been the Member of Parliament for Loughborough since 2010. In Government she served as Secretary of State for Education, Minister for Women & Equalities, Financial Secretary to the Treasury, Economic Secretary to the Treasury and as a Government Whip. She is the author of ‘Taught not Caught: Educating for Character in the 21st Century.’
SARAH FOUNTAIN SMITH Deputy High Commissioner, Canadian Embassy, UK
Session: Closing Ceremony
Sarah is currently the Deputy High Commissioner for Canada in London. She joined the Department of External Affairs and International Trade in 1989 and has since served abroad at Canada’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York and the embassies of Canada in Argentina and Brazil. Sarah Fountain Smith was appointed as Canada’s assistant deputy minister of Global Issues and Development in March 2016.
From 2012 to 2013, Fountain Smith was director general of the International Organizations, Human Rights and Democracy Bureau, with responsibility for Canada’s engagement in the United Nations, the Commonwealth, the Francophonie, and international human rights and democracy issues. In 2013, with the amalgamation of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade and the Canadian International Development Agency and until 2016, Fountain Smith became director general for International Organizations, with the added responsibility of UN Development Agencies. She served as a member of the Board of Governors of the International Development Research Centre from 2013 to 2015. She served as ambassador of Canada to Chile and honorary president of the Chile-Canada Chamber of Commerce from 2009 to 2012.
50 DAWN BUTLER MP Shadow Secretary of State for Women and Equalities
Session: Closing Ceremony
Elected as the Member of Parliament for Brent South on 5 May 2005 Dawn’s maiden speech described her constituency as a “shining example of integration at its best”.
In 2008 she became an Assistant Whip in the Commons before her work on youth led to Dawn being appointed as the Minister for Young Citizens & Youth Engagement at the Cabinet Office by Gordon Brown. This made Dawn the first elected African-Caribbean woman to become a Government Minister in the UK.
After a short break from elected politics, in which Dawn spent time working as a Magistrate and public speaker, Dawn ran a successful campaign in the 2015 General Election and was elected as Member of Parliament for Brent Central , securing a majority of nearly 20,000 – representing the largest vote swing in Britain at that election.
Dawn continues to commit her time in parliament to representing groups and people in society that are often underrepresented. In 2017 Dawn became the first MP in its history to sign a question in the House of Commons using British Sign Language.
Dawn was named the “most promising feminist under 35” by New Statesman magazine and was honoured as MP of the year at the 2009 Women in Public Life Awards. Since returning to Parliament Dawn was awarded two Patchwork Foundation awards, having been voted People’s Choice 2016 Labour MP of the Year and next receiving the Overall MP of the Year award 2017.
Dawn is currently serving as the Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities.
51 MEET THE TEAM
Elorm Haligah is the lead Project Manager for the Westminster Workshop on Gender Sensitive Scrutny. He worked on the 2017 and 2018 Westminster Seminar. In addition to this, he led on the 2018 Pacific Islands Parliamentary Workshop in New Zealand. Elorm has also been working on strengthening the youth engagement strategy of CPA UK
He also has prior experience of working in Parliament with an MP. His experience expands internationally as he has worked on projects with senior figures from the United Nations, the World Bank, International Monetary Fund in Washington DC and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Ghana.
Elorm joined CPA UK the summer of 2017 and he holds a BA in Politics and an MA in Global Citizenship, Identities and Human Rights from The University of Nottingham.
Salma El Kassmi joined CPA UK at the end of 2017 and is currently working as a Project Officer for the Multilateral Projects Team as well as supporting wider CPA UK activities.
She first began working in Westminster in 2014 and has also worked asa parliamentary assistant to a Peer. During university, Salma started a co- operative in Morocco to support women living under the poverty line which has since been scaled to 2 further locations. She has prior experience in the charity sector working with NGOs based in the UK as well as Africa and has delivered youth programmes in Morocco to help widen political engagement. She holds a LLB (Hons) in Law from BPP University and is fluent in Arabic.
Rebekah Northall has been the Project Assistant for both the 2018 Westminster Seminar on Effective Parliaments and The Westminster Workshop on Gender Sensitive Scrutiny. The Westminster Seminar was Rebekah’s first event at CPA UK having recently joined in September 2018.
Prior to working in Parliament, Rebekah worked for the Directorate General for Education, Youth, Culture & Sport at the European Commission and previously worked for the British Council in Brussels and London based think-tank ‘UK in a Changing Europe’.
Rebekah holds a BA in History & German Studies from the University of Birmingham and an MA in European Studies from King’s College London.
52 Felicty Newall is the Communications Manager for CPA UK
Felicity recently joined CPA UK after almost six years working for Members of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. Before this, she worked for a PR agency with consumer and B2B clients.
Matthew Hamilton joined CPA UK in 2017 and is responsible for implementing the Monitoring and Evaluation Strategy for CPA UK.
Prior to joining CPA UK, Matthew worked for NGOs in the field of international development (including CAFOD and WaterAid) coordinating the planning, delivery, monitoring and reporting for complex multi-country projects funded by DFID, USAID and the European Commission. He holds a BA (Hons) in International Relations and an MSc in Conflict, Security and Development from the University of Birmingham.
Victoria Bower is the Deputy Head of the Multilateral projects team at CPA UK. Victoria has worked in Parliament for the past 10 years in a variety of roles. Prior to that she worked for Cancer Research UK, an organisation she is still heavily involved in through volunteer work.
53 Ellen Boivin Ellen joined CPA UK in February 2019 as project assistant for the Multilateral Projects Team. She previously worked as communications officer for a Middle East human rights NGO based in North London. In 2017 she completed her Masters degree in Middle Eastern Politics from the University of Exeter, specialising in Israel-Palestine studies.
Ruth Pope joined CPA UK in January 2019 as Head of Multilateral Projects. Her varied career has included: project and programme management for NGOs (Oxfam, ActionAid and Marie Stopes International); policy, legislation and delivery for the UK Civil Service; and education work for Amnesty International and a number of inner-London schools. She holds a BA (Hons) from the University of Cambridge, an MBA from Imperial College, London and a Post-graduate Certificate in Education from the University of Greenwich.
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WORKSHOP INFORMATION
Travelling to/from UK Translation Delegates will make their own travel plans to attend the workshop in The official language of the workshop will be English. There will be no London, UK. translation provided.
Workshop Hotel & Registration Research & Reading The name and address of the official workshop hotel is DoubleTree by Materials for the Committee Exercise are included in this programme. To Hilton Hotel London - Westminster- 30 John Islip St, Westminster, London make this session as successful as possible, these materials should be read SW1P 4DD. and reviewed thoroughly in advance.
Registration will be at the hotel from 0930 on Monday 17 June, where Interviews security badges will be handed out to delegates. CPA UK staff will then During the Workshop, participants, observers and contributors will be escort participants to Portcullis House, UK Parliament. Delegates will then invited to offer their experiences and expertise through a series of video be escorted through security. interviews. Interviews will be organised at tea/coffee breaks and at the end of each day and will last approximately 5 mins. Interviewees will be If you are staying at another hotel, please make your way directly to contacted in person throughout the week. Portcullis House, where you will be greeted by staff, registered for the workshop and provided with your pass in the Attlee Suite. The purpose of these interviews is to capture attendees’ insights and views (including parliamentarians, speakers, partners and observers). Workshop Venue From 17 to 19 June 2019 (inclusive) the majority of The Westminster Photography Workshop will be held at the UK Parliament, Westminster, SW1A 0AA, There will be an official photographer present during the workshop and London (UK). there will be a group photograph. Photographs will be made available after the Workshop. The programme will take place primarily in the Attlee Suite. Please consult the programme for full details. Twitter CPA UK will be tweeting about the workshop using Security @CPA_UK; we encourage delegates to join us. The official hashtag is Please note for security reasons participants are expected to wear their #WestWorkGSS. passes at all times. Passes will be provided during registration on the first day of the workshop. Mobile Phones Mobile phones should be switched off during sessions. Any mobile phone In order to enter the Houses of Parliament, observing Clerks and conversations, as well as extended conversations with fellow delegates, parliamentary officials will be required to go through an airport-style should take place outside the workshop. security check. Please ensure that you do not bring any sharp objects with you on the day as these will be confiscated. Members wearing their Prayer Rooms security passes will be exempt from search. A prayer room will be made available to delegates throughout the workshop. Please ask a member of the workshop team for more If you are not staying at the official workshop hotel, please arrive 15 information. minutes prior to the start of the programme at the main entrance to Portcullis House, to allow time to clear security. Staff will be at the entrance Behaviour code to help. Please note that transport will not be provided from the official Parliament has zero tolerance for unacceptable behaviour, and you can workshop hotel on each morning of the programme and so therefore expect: delegates staying at the official workshop hotel are encouraged to make • Not to be mocked, undermined, shouted at or belittled the short walk to Portcullis House, which takes around 10 minutes. • Not to have personal comments made about your appearance or characteristics, whether positive or negative Workshop Attendance • Not to be coerced into physical contact Delegates are expected to attend all sessions of the workshop • Not to be coerced into attending out of work time events programme. • Not to be touched inappropriately
If any delegate or member of staff witnesses or experiences unacceptable Presentations behaviour, please notify a senior member of CPA UK staff. Further Presentations from all sessions will be made available after the workshop information about the code can be found by asking a member of CPA UK on the CPA UK website in the delegate sign-in area under the “Post- staff. Conference Materials” section.
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ABOUT CPA UK
CPA UK’s Strategic Objectives are:
Objective 1. To strengthen parliamentary democracy. Being responsive to the complex challenges of Parliaments and facilitating access to information and skills
We will: • Provide opportunities for UK parliamentarians to learn from Commonwealth peers • Convene Commonwealth parliamentarians to increase their capacity to hold governments to account and to effectively represent their electorates • Build knowledge within the Commonwealth parliamentary community on issues of common interest and concern
Objective 2. To link Westminster with the Commonwealth Promoting collaboration, understanding and cooperation, emphasising its continuing relevance to future generations
We will: • Play a leading role in CPA • Establish and strengthen networks across parliaments, and beyond • Engage young people in our work and vision
Objective 3. To set and demonstrate high performance standards Increasing the positive impact of all we do
We will: • Achieve value for money in the organisation and delivery of our activities • Set and uphold high standards of behaviour • Use evidence-based learning to improve what we do and how we do it
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