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Pregnancy and Maternity Discrimination inquiry

Inquiry by the Women and Equalities Committee, 8 February 2016 to 31 January 2017. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

Evidence sessions

  • 22 March 2016: Catherine Rayner, Chair, Discrimination Law Association, and Barrister, Rosalind Bragg, Director, Maternity Action, and Elizabeth Duff, Senior Policy Adviser, National Childbirth Trust,
  • 26 April 2016: Siobhan Endean, National Officer for Equalities, Unite, Scarlett Harris, Women's Equality Officer, TUC, and Samantha Rye, National Women's Committee Secretary, Fire Brigades Union; Sarah-Jane Butler, Director, Parental Choice, Louise Handley, Head of Employee Relations, London School of Economics, and Mark McLane, Managing Director, Diversity and Inclusion, Barclays (at 11.30am).
  • 24 May 2016: Caroline Waters OBE, Deputy Chair, and Sue Coe, Programme Head, Economy and Employment, Equalities and Human Rights Commission; Nick Boles MP, Minister of State for Skills, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (at 3.30pm).