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CPA UK Westminster Workshop on Gender Sensitive Scrutiny 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 1. 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 2. 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. 3. 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 4. 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. 6. 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,
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