Sentences with phrase «equality committee»

Women and Equalities Committee chair Maria Miller said: «A global ranking of 48th is shockingly low.

He is a member Executive of the 1922 Committee of Tory backbenchers and was elected onto the parliamentary women and equalities committee in December 2016.

The letter follows the government's published response this week to a women and equalities committee report showing 29 per cent of 16 - to 18 - year - old girls had experienced unwanted sexual touching at school and 71 per cent of pupils that age regularly heard terms such as «slut» used towards girls.

; a Women and Equalities Committee inquiry on the implications of Brexit, during which we called out

Maria Miller has ably put the new Women And Equalities Committee on the map and Meg Hillier is following in the footsteps of another former Minister Margaret Hodge in making the Public Accounts Committee the nightmare gig for permanent secretaries and chief executives.

The House of Commons Women and Equalities Committee today (20 March 2018) recommends the new «use - it - or - lose - it» 3 months benefit, available to fathers and second parents in their baby's first year.

Commenting on the report by the Women and Equalities Committee looking at the employment inequalities faced by Muslims in the UK, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union in the UK said: «The findings of this report are disturbing.

So it is perhaps not surprising that his appointment to the Women and Equalities Committee raised more than a few eyebrows.

In another significant move, Maria Miller, a former Cabinet minister who now chairs the Women and Equalities Committee of MPs, has written to the House authorities about gagging clauses in the pay - off deals for former employees like Mr Sinclair.

The women and equalities committee warned that Government efforts to support fathers in the workplace have not yet delivered.

This week he apologised and quit the Commons equalities committee over homophobic and misogynistic remarks he made online in 2002 and 2004.

Last year, an inquiry by the parliamentary women and equalities committee found that 29 per cent of 16 - to 18 - year - old girls had experienced unwanted sexual touching at school, and 71 per cent of pupils that age regularly heard terms such as «slut» used towards girls.

Today, the Women and Equalities Committee launched a parliamentary inquiry into the scale and impact of sexual harassment and violence in schools.

The speed - up of plans follows an unprecedented intervention by five parliamentary committees, who last week demanded changes in sex education after the women and equalities committee published worrying findings about sexual harassment in schools.

Headon noted the CBA's sexual orientation and gender identity conference and equality committee articulated their views in a letter sent to the FLSC last March in conjunction with a letter sent by the CBA stressing that approving a new law school should go beyond whether it complies with national standards:

Women and Equalities Committee quizzes partner over advice on 1998 sexual harassment settlement involving disgraced movie producer

The report is being launched today (12 December) in the Houses of Parliament, with speakers including Women and Equalities Committee chair Maria Miller MP and fellow committee member Gavin Shuker MP.

Women and Equalities Committee report will be welcomed by young women according to Girlguiding charity

The Women and Equalities Committee inquiry is currently looking at how much support fathers receive at work.

A report from the Women and Equalities Committee is recommending higher paternity pay and 12 weeks» leave for new fathers.

We agree with the House of Commons Women and Equalities Committee's recent Gender Pay Gap report that we should be obliging employers to offer all jobs on the basis that they can be worked flexibly unless they can demonstrate an immediate and continuing business case against doing so; and that the government should extend its requirement for UK companies to publish data about their gender pay gap to all firms employing more than 150 staff, from April 2018.

«Everything works against fathers»: UK dads feel work - life balance strain The Women and Equalities Committee's Fathers and the workplace is ongoing.

Evidence suggests 3 - month «daddy leave» could fix UK gender equality The Fatherhood Institute welcomes the Women and Equalities Committee» proposal, which could cut gender pay gap and pregnancy discrimination, support fathering, equalise home - life — and even lead to «post-Brexit baby boom».

The Fatherhood Institute welcomes the Women and Equalities Committee» proposal, which could cut gender pay gap and pregnancy discrimination, support fathering, equalise home - life — and even lead to «post-Brexit baby boom».

She cites the sustained lobbying carried out by Labour MP Stella Creasy and others including Maria Miller, chair of the Women and Equalities Committee, that led to last week's assurance that the government will pay for women from Northern Ireland to have abortions in England.

Feminists tell Chair of Women and Equalities Committee their concerns.

Maria Miller's Women and Equalities Committee has called for political parties to be fined if they don't field more female candidates at elections.

For, on Monday, he was elected, unopposed, to fill a Conservative vacancy on the Women and Equalities Committee, an independent parliamentary committee that has done much to bring the government to account for its record in this area.

Maria Miller's Women and Equalities Committee has called for political parties to be fined if they...

Commenting on the Government's response to the Women and Equalities Committee's report on sexual violence and harassment in schools, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union in the UK, said: «There is absolutely no place in our schools for sexual harassment or violence towards either pupils or staff.

Campaigners furious after outspoken Tory critic of «feminist zealots» elected to Commons Women and Equalities Committee

Unfortunately there was no time to explore welfare, though this was discussed in the prosperity and work commission and in the equalities committee, where Kate Green MP stressed that fiscal credibility must be balanced with values and principles.

But overall too few women apply for seats, especially open seats, and the equalities committee agreed that the arguments for AWS, policy for over 15 years, have to be re-fought and re-won within the party.

The Equalities Committee considered a draft complaints procedure, and this should be published soon.

MP Philip Davies, who is known for his controversial anti-feminist views but who sits on parliament's women and equalities committee, said there was now «a legitimate concern that some people may feel they have been hoofed out or not promoted simply because they are a white male».

The Commons Women and Equalities Committee is currently investigating inequalities faced by Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities, ensuring strong equalities after Brexit, disability, women in the House of Commons and employment opportunities for Muslims.

The outspoken Conservative MP Philip Davies today stuck two fingers up at his critics by snapping up a spot on the Commons Women and Equalities Committee.

Corbyn has called for a meeting of Labour's equalities committee to discuss the issue in early September, before the end of the leadership battle.

The UK ranks 48th in the world for parliamentary representation of women, a state of affairs, Maria Miller MP, Chair of the Commons Women and Equalities Committee, recently described as «shockingly low».

Maria Miller, who chairs the women and equalities committee, insists a person's sex is «not relevant» on official documents.

The equalities committee noted that there would be a young members» conference on 21/23 February 2014 in Bradford.

Chair of the Women and Equalities committee Maria Miller, who recently said she had been sexually harassed «many times», added: «I've experienced far more sexual harassment as a member of Parliament than I did in my entire 20 - year career in advertising and marketing.

It criticises the government's response to a recent report from the Women and Equalities Committee that exposed «widespread» sexual harassment and sexual violence in schools, and claims that the government «failed to seize the opportunity of announcing plans to introduce a statutory status for PSHE».

The letter is co-sign by Neil Carmichael, chair of the Education Committee, Maria Miller, chair of the Women and Equalities Committee, Yvette Cooper, chair of the Home Affairs Committee, Dr Sarah Wollaston, chair of the Health Committee, and Iain Wright MP, chair of the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee.

Maria Miller, Women and Equalities Committee chair, said: «Our inquiry has revealed a concerning picture.

Women and Equalities Committee chair, Maria Miller added: «These findings underline the importance of ensuring all school children have compulsory lessons on sex and relationships appropriate for their age.

The charity's poll follows a report made by the Women and Equalities Committee to parliament in September, which revealed young people said sexual harassment had become a «normal» part of school life.

In response to a call for evidence from the Women and Equalities Committee the BHA has said that the government's decision not to make PSHE compulsory «flies in the face» of the recommendations made by a huge number of education, health, and children's rights experts, including the Chief Medical Officer, the Children's Commissioner for England, and the NSPCC.