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Parliament's record since 1997: debates, questions, statements, votes, bills, committees and members' interests

Where MPs Stand

Sourced briefings on the record of Parliament

Enforcing the Equality Act: the law and the role of the EHRC inquiry

Inquiry by the Women and Equalities Committee, 19 July 2018 to 19 July 2018. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

Evidence sessions

  • 31 October 2018: Karon Monaghan QC, Barrister, Catherine Rayner, Chair, Discrimination Law Association, Sam Smethers, Chief Executive, Fawcett Society
  • 28 November 2018: Alex Hayes, Managing Director, Equality Advisory and Support Service, Christina McAnea, Assistant General Secretary, UNISON, Richard Miller, Head of Justice, The Law Society, Nick Whittingham, Chief Executive, Kirklees Citizens Advice and Law Centre
  • 16 January 2019: Barbara Cohen, Niall Crowley, Mike Smith, Chief Executive, Real, Nick Webster, Senior Solicitor, Leigh Day
  • 30 January 2019: Nick O'Brien, Luke Tryl, Director of Corporate Strategy, Ofsted, Annette Lovell, Director of Engagement, Financial Ombudsman Service; Esther Leighton, Doug Paulley
  • 27 March 2019: Professor Sir David Metcalfe CBE, Director of Labour Market Enforcement, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, and Emily Eisenstein, Head of Policy and Stakeholder Engagement, Office of the Director of Labour Market Enforcement.
  • 8 May 2019: Melanie Field, Executive Director, Equality and Human Rights Commission, Stephen Lodge, Senior Principal Lawyer, Equality and Human Rights Commission
  • 22 May 2019: Janet McDermott, Head of Membership, Women's Aid, Karen Ingala Smith, Chief Executive, nia, Diana James, Volunteer, Cornwall Refuge Trust Women’s Refuge & Norda House Men’s Refuge
  • 5 June 2019: David Isaac, Chair, Equality and Human Rights Commission, Rebecca Hilsenrath, Chief Executive, Equality and Human Rights Commission, Clare Collier, Legal Director, Equality and Human Rights Commission; Baroness Williams of Trafford, Minister of State for Equalities, Charles Ramsden, Deputy Director, Government Equalities Office