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)
Tonia Antoniazzi MP (Labour, Gower)
Sarah Champion MP (Labour, Rotherham)
Angela Crawley MP (Scottish National Party, Lanark and Hamilton East)
Philip Davies MP (Conservative, Shipley)
Vicky Ford MP (Conservative, Chelmsford)
Eddie Hughes MP (Conservative, Walsall North)
Jess Phillips MP (Labour, Birmingham, Yardley)
Mr Gavin Shuker MP (Change UK - The Independent Group, Luton South)
Tulip Siddiq MP (Labour, Hampstead and Kilburn)
Anna Soubry MP (Change UK - The Independent Group, Broxtowe)
Rosie Duffield MP (Labour, Canterbury)
Kirstene Hair MP (Conservative, Angus)
Jared O’Mara MP (Independent, Sheffield, Hallam)
Teresa Pearce MP (Labour, Erith and Thamesmead) were members of the Committee during this inquiry.
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
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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 inquiry publications page of the Committee’s website.
Committee staff
The current staff of the Committee are Jyoti Chandola (Clerk), Radhika Handa and Luanne Middleton (Second Clerks), Holly Dustin, Tansy Hutchinson, and Shai Jacobs (Committee Specialists), Renuka Rawlins (Inquiry Manager), Ellie Goodchild (Senior Committee Assistant), Mandy Sullivan (Committee Assistant), and Liz Parratt and Simon Horswell (Media Officers).
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.
You can follow the Committee on Twitter using @Commonswomequ.
Published: 8 May 2019