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 (GEO).
Current membership
Mrs Maria Miller MP (Conservative, Basingstoke) (Chair)
Ruth Cadbury MP (Labour, Brentford and Isleworth)
Maria Caulfield MP (Conservative, Lewes)
Jo Churchill MP (Conservative, Bury St Edmonds)
Angela Crawley MP (Scottish National Party, Lanark and Hamilton East)
Mims Davies MP (Conservative, Eastleigh)
Mrs Flick Drummond MP (Conservative, Portsmouth South)
Gill Furniss MP (Labour, Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough)
Ben Howlett MP (Conservative, Bath)
Jess Phillips MP (Labour, Birmingham, Yardley)
Mr Gavin Shuker MP (Labour (Co-op), Luton South)
The following members were also members of the committee during the Parliament:
Siobhain McDonagh MP (Labour, Mitcham and Morden)
Tulip Siddiq (Labour, Hampstead and Kilburn)
Cat Smith (Labour, Lancaster and Fleetwood)
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.
Publications
Committee reports are published on the Committee’s website at www.parliament.uk/womenandequalities and in print 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 Judith Boyce (Clerk), Sharmini Selvarajah (Second Clerk), Emma Sawyer (Committee Specialist), Tansy Hutchinson (Committee Specialist), Holly Dustin (Committee Specialist), Shai Jacbos (Committee Specialist), Asaad Qadri (Inquiry Manager), Thomas Pudlo (Senior Committee Assistant), Mandy Sullivan (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, Westminster, London, SW1A 0AA. The telephone number for general enquiries is 020 7219 6123; the Committee’s email address is womeqcom@parliament.uk.
24 November 2016