The Women and Equalities Committee
The Women and Equalities Committee is appointed by the House of Commons to examine the expenditure, administration and policy of the Government Equalities Office and associated public bodies.
Current membership
Mrs Maria Miller (Conservative, Basingstoke) (Chair)
Ruth Cadbury (Labour, Brentford and Isleworth)
Maria Caulfield (Conservative, Lewes)
Jo Churchill (Conservative, Bury St Edmunds)
Angela Crawley (Scottish National Party, Lanark and Hamilton East)
Mims Davies (Conservative, Eastleigh)
Mrs Flick Drummond (Conservative, Portsmouth South)
Ben Howlett (Conservative, Bath)
Siobhain McDonagh (Labour, Mitcham and Morden)
Jess Phillips (Labour, Birmingham, Yardley)
Mr Gavin Shuker (Labour (Co-op), Luton South)
Powers
The committee is one of the departmental select committees, the powers of which are set out in House of Commons Standing Orders, principally in SO No. 152. These are available on the internet via www.parliament.uk.
Publication
Committee reports are published on the Committee’s website at www.parliament.uk/womenandequalities and by The Stationery Office by Order of the House.
Evidence relating to this report is published on the relevant inquiry page of the Committee’s website.
Committee staff
The current staff of the Committee are Gosia McBride (Clerk), Keith Neary (Second Clerk), Ayaz Manji (Committee Specialist), Sharmini Selvarajah (Committee Specialist), Helena Ali (Senior Committee Assistant) and Liz Parratt (Media Officer).
Contacts
All correspondence should be addressed to the Clerk of the Women and Equalities Committee, House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA. The telephone number for general enquiries is 020 7219 6123; the Committee’s email address is womeqcom@parliament.uk.
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8 January 2016