Women and Equalities Committee
{{Short description|UK House of Commons select committee}}
{{use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}
The Women and Equalities Committee is a select committee of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was established following the 2015 general election to examine the expenditure, administration and policy of the Government Equalities Office on equalities (sex, age, race, sexual orientation, disability and transgender/gender identity) issues.
The committee has faced criticism for its name, and in 2017, Conservative MP Philip Davies said it should be renamed the "Equalities Committee".{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/philip-davies-feminism-women-equalities-committee-renamed-remove-reference-a7558926.html|title=Tory MP Philip Davies says 'women and equalities committee' should be renamed to remove reference to women|date=2 February 2017|work=The Independent}}
Membership
Membership of the committee is as follows:{{cite web|url=https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/328/women-and-equalities-committee/membership/|title=Women and Equalities Committee|work=UK Parliament|access-date=31 October 2024}}
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! width="160px" colspan="2" valign="top" | Member ! width="160px" valign="top" | Party ! valign="top" | Constituency |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| Sarah Owen MP (Chair) | Labour |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}" |
| Alex Brewer MP |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| David Burton-Sampson MP | Labour |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent (politician)}}" |
| Rosie Duffield MP |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| Kirith Entwistle MP | Labour |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| Natalie Fleet MP | Labour | Bolsover |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| Catherine Fookes MP | Labour |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}" |
| Christine Jardine MP |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| Samantha Niblett MP | Labour |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| Shivani Raja MP |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| Rachel Taylor MP | Labour |
2019-2024 Parliament
The chair was elected on 27 January 2020, with the members of the committee being announced on 2 March 2020.{{cite Hansard |jurisdiction=Parliament of the United Kingdom |title=Speaker’s Statement: Select Committee Chairs |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2020-01-27/debates/61727BCA-DE80-46AF-9F48-22F43F7297C6/Speaker%E2%80%99SStatementSelectCommitteeChairs |house=House of Commons |date=27 January 2020 |volume= 670 }}{{cite Hansard |jurisdiction=Parliament of the United Kingdom |title=Scottish Affairs Committee|url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2020-03-02/debates/40E65C7E-513D-4BF5-A9C1-2455AC8CAA29/ScottishAffairsCommittee |house=House of Commons |date=2 March 2020 |volume= 672 }}
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! colspan="2" width="160px" valign="top" | Member ! width="160px" valign="top" | Party ! width="200px" valign="top" | Constituency |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| Caroline Nokes MP (Chair) |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| Nickie Aiken MP |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| Sara Britcliffe MP | Hyndburn |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Scottish National Party}}" |
| Angela Crawley MP |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| Virginia Crosbie MP | Ynys Môn |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| Alex Davies-Jones MP | Labour |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| Rosie Duffield MP | Labour |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| Peter Gibson MP |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| Kim Johnson MP | Labour |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| Kate Osborne MP | Labour | Jarrow |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| Nicola Richards MP |
=Changes 2019-2024=
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! valign="top" | Date ! colspan="2" valign="top" | Outgoing Member ! valign="top" | Constituency ! → ! colspan="2" valign="top" | New Member ! valign="top" | Constituency ! valign="top" | Source |
11 May 2020
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Rosie Duffield MP (Labour) | → | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP (Labour) | [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2020-05-11/debates/70E7050E-185C-43C5-8200-8F160EE614BF/Committees Hansard] |
20 July 2020
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Nickie Aiken MP (Conservative) | Cities of London and Westminster | → | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Elliot Colburn MP (Conservative) | [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2020-07-20/debates/0CC6DACA-7402-449C-8E83-54B51A1CCDCF/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard] |
7 September 2020
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Virginia Crosbie MP (Conservative) | Ynys Môn | → | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Theo Clarke MP (Conservative) | Stafford | [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2020-09-07/debates/DBA50C6C-81F4-4B6E-B4DA-2DE69017F684/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard] |
1 March 2021
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Sara Britcliffe MP (Conservative) | Hyndburn | → | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Ben Bradley MP (Conservative) | [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2021-03-01/debates/A39DA9B7-F52F-42EE-A337-B4C1FA9F22B7/WomenAndEqualities Hansard] |
25 May 2021
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Scottish National Party}}" | | Angela Crawley MP (SNP) | → | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Scottish National Party}}" | | Anne McLaughlin MP (SNP) | [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2021-05-25/debates/61EF060B-6C60-4D72-8CEB-0D0F6256107E/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard] |
rowspan=2| 8 June 2021
| rowspan=2 style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Ben Bradley MP (Conservative) | rowspan=2| → | rowspan=2 style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Lee Anderson MP (Conservative) | Ashfield | rowspan=2| [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2021-06-08/debates/177E71A8-C2F4-4AE3-AEA1-175BC12CED33/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard] |
Peter Gibson MP (Conservative)
| Philip Davies MP (Conservative) | Shipley |
2 November 2021
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Nicola Richards MP (Conservative) | → | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Jackie Doyle-Price MP (Conservative) | Thurrock | [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2021-11-02/debates/C01FC9D3-1733-4624-8C61-D8026B40BD41/BusinessOfTheHouse(3November) Hansard] |
14 December 2021
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Lee Anderson MP (Conservative) | Ashfield | → | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Caroline Dinenage MP (Conservative) | Gosport | [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2021-12-14/debates/F8C0DA0D-C30A-484C-BD10-520FFB795E48/Committees Hansard] |
5 January 2022
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Scottish National Party}}" | | Anne McLaughlin MP (SNP) | → | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Scottish National Party}}" | | Anum Qaisar MP (SNP) | [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2022-01-05/debates/22010583000003/Committees Hansard] |
8 February 2022
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Alex Davies-Jones MP (Labour) | → | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Carolyn Harris MP (Labour) | [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2022-02-08/debates/8E492616-DE6E-4D1A-905E-C96E1B4DC830/Committees Hansard] |
25 October 2022
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Jackie Doyle-Price MP (Conservative) | Thurrock | → | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Victoria Atkins MP (Conservative) | [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2022-10-25/debates/0ED919ED-4562-426D-9F32-8CE1284BF2B8/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard] |
15 November 2022
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Victoria Atkins MP (Conservative) | → | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Rachel Maclean MP (Conservative) | Redditch | [https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2022-11-15/debates/4C73CED8-B8BD-4F7B-9DC2-762FB3CB27D2/WomenAndEqualitiesCommittee Hansard] |
rowspan=2 | 29 November 2022
| rowspan=2 style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Theo Clarke MP (Conservative) | Stafford | rowspan=2 | → | rowspan=2 style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Mark Jenkinson MP (Conservative) | rowspan=2 | [https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2022-11-29/debates/22112963000004/Committees Hansard] |
Philip Davies MP (Conservative)
| Shipley | Dr Jamie Wallis MP (Conservative) | Bridgend |
22 May 2023
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Rachel Maclean MP (Conservative) | Redditch | → | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Jackie Doyle-Price MP (Conservative) | Thurrock | [https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2023-05-22/debates/A7215F6C-EB61-483B-BCFB-427FF03DC84F/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard] |
4 July 2023
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Dr Jamie Wallis MP (Conservative) | Bridgend | → | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Lia Nici MP (Conservative) | [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2023-07-04/debates/71545AB0-90F4-4782-ABC5-22B39AA8539B/WomenAndEqualitiesCommittee Hansard] |
12 September 2023
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Scottish National Party}}" | | Anum Qaisar MP (SNP) | → | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Scottish National Party}}" | | Kirsten Oswald MP (SNP) | [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2023-07-04/debates/71545AB0-90F4-4782-ABC5-22B39AA8539B/WomenAndEqualitiesCommittee Hansard] |
27 November 2023
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | |Mark Jenkinson MP (Conservative) | → | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | |Lisa Cameron MP (Conservative) |East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow |[https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2023-11-27/debates/04609C51-15BE-4206-BBAE-30FF5C3125EF/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard] |
2017-2019 Parliament
The chair was elected on 12 July 2017, with members announced on 11 September 2017.{{cite Hansard |jurisdiction=Parliament of the United Kingdom |title=Speaker’s Statement: Select Committee Chairs |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2017-07-12/debates/B69EAA32-33CE-4783-800B-62543260ECB7/Speaker%E2%80%99SStatementSelectCommitteeChairs |house=House of Commons |date=12 July 2017 |volume= 627 }}{{cite Hansard |jurisdiction=Parliament of the United Kingdom |title=Business without Debate |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2017-09-11/debates/B9157055-C055-42AE-90D8-44B5F94F0959/BusinessWithoutDebate |house=House of Commons |date=11 September 2017 |volume= 628 }}
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! colspan="2" width="160px" valign="top" | Member ! width="160px" valign="top" | Party ! width="200px" valign="top" | Constituency |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| Maria Miller MP (Chair) |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Scottish National Party}}" |
| Angela Crawley MP | SNP |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| Philip Davies MP | Shipley |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| Rosie Duffield MP | Labour |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| Kirstene Hair MP | Angus |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| Jared O'Mara MP | Labour |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| Jess Phillips MP | Labour |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| Gavin Shuker MP | Labour |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| Tulip Siddiq MP | Labour |
=Changes 2017-2019=
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! valign="top" | Date ! colspan="2" valign="top" | Outgoing Member ! valign="top" | Constituency ! → ! colspan="2" valign="top" | New Member ! valign="top" | Constituency ! valign="top" | Source |
16 October 2017
| colspan=3 | New seat | → | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Eddie Hughes MP (Conservative) | [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2017-10-16/debates/2FC47041-24E6-42ED-B412-7B9673FF72D5/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard] |
6 November 2017
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent politician}}" | | Jared O'Mara MP (Independent) | → | colspan=3 | Vacant | [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2017-11-06/debates/6D0C4415-61AE-4821-A1C2-D02B3879109D/Committees Hansard] |
20 November 2017
| colspan=3 | Vacant | → | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Tonia Antoniazzi MP (Labour) | Gower | [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2017-11-20/debates/A8BDC926-4244-48D5-BCB8-A3A096868FEE/Committees Hansard] |
5 March 2018
| colspan=3 | New seat | → | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Vicky Ford MP (Conservative) | [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2018-03-05/debates/80080DFF-81AD-4738-984B-404F6B374544/Committees Hansard] |
rowspan=2| 4 June 2018
| rowspan=2 style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Rosie Duffield MP (Labour) | rowspan=2| → | rowspan=2 style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Sarah Champion MP (Labour) | rowspan=2| [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2018-06-04/debates/052A9CD8-E742-4632-80D4-2293535294E3/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard] |
Tulip Siddiq MP (Labour)
| Teresa Pearce MP (Labour) |
11 June 2018
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Teresa Pearce MP (Labour) | → | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Tulip Siddiq MP (Labour) | [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2018-06-11/debates/4DB29D1C-094F-4AC1-B2B6-4F13351A25A0/Counter-TerrorismAndBorderSecurityBill Hansard] |
26 November 2018
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Kirstene Hair MP (Conservative) | Angus | → | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Anna Soubry MP (Conservative) | Broxtowe | [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2018-11-26/debates/67B0BDBF-80CF-450A-8140-EBB9CB717F64/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard] |
8 May 2019
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Change UK}}" | | Gavin Shuker MP (Change UK) | → | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Stephanie Peacock MP (Labour) | [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2019-05-08/debates/C0144C2D-0D7B-44CD-9DCA-30AB51364360/SelectCommitteeMembership Hansard] |
2015-2017 Parliament
The chair was elected on 18 June 2015, with members announced on 6 July 2015.{{cite Hansard |jurisdiction=Parliament of the United Kingdom |title=Speaker’s Statement |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2015-06-18/debates/15061885000002/Speaker%E2%80%99SStatement |house=House of Commons |date=18 June 2015 |volume= 597 }}{{cite Hansard |jurisdiction=Parliament of the United Kingdom |title=Committees |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2015-07-06/debates/1507071000003/Committees |house=House of Commons |date=6 July 2015 |volume= 598 }}
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! colspan="2" width="160px" valign="top" | Member ! width="160px" valign="top" | Party ! width="200px" valign="top" | Constituency |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| Maria Miller MP (Chair) |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| Ruth Cadbury MP | Labour |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| Maria Caulfield MP | Lewes |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| Jo Churchill MP |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Scottish National Party}}" |
| Angela Crawley MP | SNP |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| Mims Davies MP |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| Flick Drummond MP |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| Ben Howlett MP | Bath |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| Jess Phillips MP | Labour |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| Tulip Siddiq MP | Labour |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| Cat Smith MP | Labour |
=Changes 2015-2017=
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! valign="top" | Date ! colspan="2" valign="top" | Outgoing Member ! valign="top" | Constituency ! → ! colspan="2" valign="top" | New Member ! valign="top" | Constituency ! valign="top" | Source |
rowspan=2| 26 October 2015
| rowspan=2 style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Tulip Siddiq MP (Labour) | rowspan=2| → | rowspan=2 style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Siobhain McDonagh MP (Labour) | rowspan=2| [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2015-10-26/debates/15102639000001/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard] |
Cat Smith MP (Labour)
| Gavin Shuker MP (Labour) |
13 June 2016
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Siobhain McDonagh MP (Labour) | → | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Gill Furniss MP (Labour) | Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough | [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2016-06-13/debates/C744BFDE-F976-4948-B445-D075F3FF9522/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard] |
5 December 2016
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Gill Furniss MP (Labour) | Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough | → | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Tracy Brabin MP (Labour) | [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2016-12-05/debates/7CF0FB3F-8C40-4AA0-A685-F2CCF2332131/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard] |
19 December 2016
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Mims Davies MP (Conservative) | → | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Philip Davies MP (Conservative) | Shipley | [https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2016-12-19/debates/53221542-1AE0-4046-AD64-AA90A0347846/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard] |
23 January 2017
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Jo Churchill MP (Conservative) | → | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Lucy Allan MP (Conservative) | Telford | [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2017-01-23/debates/CAA52FBE-B5CA-4985-98A5-10710A4E04D2/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard] |
28 February 2017
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Ruth Cadbury MP (Labour) | → | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Holly Lynch MP (Labour) | Halifax | [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2017-02-28/debates/BD0CC425-DC17-46CB-8D4C-243E1F7C7987/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard] |
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{official website|http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/women-and-equalities-committee/}}
- [https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/328/women-and-equalities-committee/membership membership]
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