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Where MPs Stand

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Tackling inequalities faced by Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities

Inquiry by the Women and Equalities Committee, 13 September 2017 to 13 September 2017. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

Evidence sessions

  • 21 February 2018: Professor Margaret Greenfields, Professor of Social Policy and Community Engagement, Buckinghamshire New University, Yvonne MacNamara, Chief Executive Officer, The Traveller Movement, Councillor Malcolm Buckley, Essex County Council, Councillor Ian Dalgarno, Central Bedfordshire Council, Kealey Sly, Leicestershire Gypsy and Traveller Equalities
  • 18 April 2018: Shaynie Larwood-Smith, Lead Nurse for Gyspy Traveller Health, Cambridgeshire County Council, Michelle Gavin, Project Manager, Friends Families and Travellers, Dr Alison McFadden, Senior Research Fellow, University of Dundee, Szymon Glowacki, Mental Health Project Worker, Roma Support Group
  • 11 July 2018: Girl 1, Girl 2; Boy 1, Boy 2, Boy 3, and Boy 4
  • 12 September 2018: Professor Kalwant Bhopal, Professor of Education and Social Justice, University of Birmingham, Centre for Research in Race and Education, David Bishop, Head of Services (Alternative Provision, Attendance and Independent Schools), Birmingham City Council, Sean Harford, National Director for Education, Ofsted, Rose McCarthy, Chair and Brian Foster, Executive member, Advisory Council for the Education of Romany and other Travellers.
  • 17 October 2018: Libby McVeigh, Director of Programmes, Equality and Human Rights Commission, Jim Davis, Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Police Association, Sergeant Gary Ogden, Operation Liberal, Catriona Laing, Deputy Director, Equalities, Interventions and Operational Practice Group and Fiona Parker, Deputy Director (interim), Contracts, Quality and Performance, Youth Custody Service, HM Prisons and Probation Service; Josie O'Driscoll, Director, Herts GATE, and Acting Chief Constable Janette McCormick, Gypsy, Roma and Traveller lead, National Police Chiefs Council (at 10.50am).
  • 24 October 2018: Dave Brown, Director, Migration Yorkshire, Councillor Jim Steinke, Cabinet member for Neighbourhoods and Community Safety, Sheffield City Council, Colin Havard, Community Development Co-ordinator, Sheffield City Council, Michal Daniel, Roma Community Care, Ruth Richardson, Roma Community Care
  • 5 December 2018: Win Lawlor, Deputy Director, Irish Community Care, Kim White OBE, former police constable, Kent Police, and Janie Codona MBE, Manager, One Voice 4 Travellers
  • 9 January 2019: Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Jackie Doyle-Price MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health and Social Care, Nadhim Zahawi MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Education