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The use of non-disclosure agreements in discrimination cases inquiry

Inquiry by the Women and Equalities Committee, 5 November 2018 to 5 November 2018. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

Evidence sessions

  • 19 December 2018: Peter Rukin, Partner, Rukin Hyland & Riggin LLP (via videolink)
  • 19 December 2018: Joeli Brearley, Founder, Pregnant Then Screwed, Rosalind Bragg, Director, Maternity Action, Séamus Dooley, Assistant General Secretary, National Union of Journalists, Emma Webster, Joint CEO, Your Employment Settlement Service
  • 23 January 2019: Kiran Daurka, Discrimination Law Association and Partner, Leigh Day, Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws QC, Director, International Bar Association Human Rights Institute, Jane Mann, Partner and Head of Employment Group, Fox Williams LLP, Julie Morris, Employment Solicitor and Head of Personal Legal Services, Slater and Gordon
  • 13 February 2019: Myfanwy Barrett, Managing Director, Corporate Resources, House of Commons, Saira Salimi, Speaker's Counsel, House of Commons, and Rupert McNeil, Government Chief People Officer, Civil Service; Sarah Jones, Group General Counsel, BBC, Anna Purchas, Head of People, KPMG, Larissa Reed, Executive Director Neighbourhoods, Communities and Housing, Brighton and Hove Council, and John Rumney, Solicitor, South Tyneside Council (at 10.40am).
  • 6 March 2019: Debbie Alder, Director General for Human Resources, Department for Work and Pensions, Sue Coe, Senior Policy Officer: Equality and Strategy, Trades Union Congress, Jayne Phillips, Head of Employment Rights Unit, National Education Union, Ben Willmott, Head of Public Policy, CIPD; Emma Codd, Managing Partner for Talent, Deloitte, Tracy Vegro, Executive Director of Strategy and Resources, Financial Reporting Council, Professor Richard Moorhead, Professor of Law and Professional Ethics, University College London
  • 13 March 2019: Witness A
  • 20 March 2019: Dr Emma Chapman
  • 20 March 2019: Witness C; and Witness D, Employment Lawyer
  • 27 March 2019: Witness E
  • 3 April 2019: Rebecca Hilsenrath, Chief Executive, Equality and Human Rights Commission, Matthew Smith, Principal (Legal), Equality and Human Rights Commission, Paul Philip, Chief Executive, Solicitors Regulation Authority; Lucy Frazer QC MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Justice, Andrew Walden, Deputy Director Courts Reform Policy Division, Ministry of Justice, Kelly Tolhurst MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Joanna Warner, Deputy Director, Individual Rights and Migration in Labour Markets, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
  • 24 April 2019: Witness F