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Equality Act 2010 and Disability Committee - publications

Inquiry by the Equality Act 2010 and Disability Committee, 24 June 2015 to 9 December 2015. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

Evidence sessions

  • 7 July 2015: Charles M Ramsden, Deputy Director, Equality Framework, and Tracey Kerr, Head of Legal Advisers, Government Equalities Office and Pat Russell, Head of the Office for Disability Issues, Department for Work and Pensions
  • 14 July 2015: Fazilet Hadi, Managing Director RNIB Engagement, Royal National Institute of Blind People, and Liz Sayce, Chief Executive, Disability Rights UK
  • 21 July 2015: Baroness O'Neill of Bengarve, Chair, Lord Holmes of Richmond, Disability Commissioner, and Rebecca Hilsenrath, Chief Legal Officer, Equality and Human Rights Commission
  • 8 September 2015: Rachel Crasnow QC, Bar Council, Lucy Scott-Moncrieff CBE, Law Society, Barbara Cohen, Discrimination Law Association, and Douglas Johnson, Law Centres Network
  • 20 October 2015: Mr Andrew Lee, Director of Policy and Campaigns, People First (Self Advocacy)
  • 20 October 2015: Mr Elliot Dunster, Group Head of Policy, Research and Public Affairs, Scope, and Mr Paul Farmer, Chief Executive, Mind
  • 27 October 2015: George Selvanera, Business Disability Forum, Mark McLane, Global Head of Inclusion and Diversity from BDF Partner Barclays Bank, James Lowman, Association of Convenience Stores and Dr Peter Purton, Policy Officer, Disability and LGBT Rights, Trades Union Congress
  • 27 October 2015: Terry Riley, Chair, and David Buxton, Director of Campaigns and Communications, British Deaf Association
  • 3 November 2015: David Sindall, Association of Train Operating Companies, and Simon Posner, Chief Executive, Confederation of Passenger Transport
  • 3 November 2015: Graham Pendlebury, Director of Local Transport, Department for Transport, Keith Richards, Chair, Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee, and Gwynneth Pedler, Transport for All
  • 10 November 2015: Paul Breckell, Chair, Disability Charities Consortium, and Chief Executive, Action on Hearing Loss
  • 10 November 2015: Doug Paulley, litigant on behalf of himself and other people, and Jonathan Fogerty, solicitor and litigant on behalf of himself and other people
  • 17 November 2015: Flora Goldhill, Director for Children, Families and Communities, Department of Health, John Holden, Director of Policy, Partnerships and Innovation, NHS England, and Sally Warren, Deputy Chief Inspector of Adult Social Care, Care Quality Commission
  • 17 November 2015: Ann Gross, Director responsible for policy on special needs, children in care, adoption and children’s mental health, Department for Education, Kate Copley, Deputy Director, Academy Operations team, Education Funding Agency, Department for Education, Lesley Cox, National Lead for Special Educational Needs, Ofsted, and Claire Jackson, Legal team member, Independent Parental Special Educational Advice
  • 24 November 2015: Bob Ledsome, Deputy Director, Building Regulations and Energy Performance, Department for Communities and Local Government, Justin Bates, Vice-Chair, Housing Law Practitioners Association, Rachel Smalley, expert in inclusive design and access for disabled people, and Councillor Jonathan McShane, Cabinet Member for Health, Social Care and Culture, Local Government Association.
  • 24 November 2015: Martin Phelps, Management Committee Treasurer, Lewisham Shopmobility Scheme
  • 1 December 2015: Marie-Claire Frankie, licensing solicitor at Sheffield Council, representing the National Association of Licensing and Enforcement Officers, and Mick Martin, Managing Director and Deputy Ombudsman, Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman
  • 1 December 2015: Neil Crowther, Independent Consultant, former Director of Disability and Human Rights Programmes at the Equality and Human Rights Commission, and Nick O'Brien, Independent Consultant, former Director of Legal Operations at the Disability Rights Commission and expert in ombudsmen.
  • 8 December 2015: Ms Emily Holzhausen OBE, Director of Policy and Public Affairs, Carers UK, Mrs Michèle Brenton, Mr Andrew Brenton, Mrs Jeanine Blamires, and Mr David Blamires
  • 15 December 2015: Rt Hon Nicky Morgan MP, Secretary of State for Education and Minister for Women and Equalities, Department for Education, Justin Tomlinson MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Disabled People, Department for Work and Pensions, and Andrew Jones MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department for Transport