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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

Gender pay gap inquiry

Inquiry by the Women and Equalities Committee, 4 November 2015 to 3 May 2017. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

Evidence sessions

  • 15 December 2015: Panel 1: Chris Giles, Economics Editor, The Financial Times, Dr Alison Parken, Women Adding Value to the Economy (WAVE), Cardiff University, Professor Jill Rubery, Manchester University, Sheila Wild, Founder, Equal Pay Portal, and Professor The Baroness Wolf of Dulwich, King’s College, London; Panel 2: Neil Carberry, Director, CBI, Ann Francke, Chief Executive, Chartered Management Institute (CMI), and Monika Queisser, Senior Counsellor, and Head of Social Policy, Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development.
  • 12 January 2016: Panel 1: Amanda Brown, Assistant General Secretary, NUT, Dr Sally Davies, Women’s Medical Federation, Amanda Fone, Chief Executive Officer, F1 Recruitment and Search, Audrey Williams, Employment Lawyer and Partner, Fox Williams, Panel 2: Anna Ritchie Allan, Close the Gap, Christopher Brookes, Age UK, Scarlet Harris, Head of Gender Equality, TUC, Robert Stephenson-Padron, Managing Director, Penrose Care
  • 19 January 2016: Sarah Jackson, Chief Executive, Working Families, Maggie Stilwell, Partner, Ernst & Young LLP, Adrienne Burgess, Joint Chief Executive Officer and Head of Research, Fatherhood Institute
  • 26 January 2016: Duncan Brown, Institute for Employment Studies, Michael Newman, Vice-Chair, Discrimination Law Association, and Tim Thomas, Head of Employment and Skills, EEF, the manufacturers' association; Helen Fairfoul, Chief Executive, Universities and Colleges Employers Association, Emma Stewart, Joint Chief Executive Officer, The Timewise Foundation, and Claire Turner, Joseph Rowntree Foundation (at 11.30am).
  • 10 February 2016: Rt Hon Nicky Morgan MP, Secretary of State for Education and Minister for Women and Equalities, and Nick Boles MP, Minister for Skills, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.