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1468726

	registered interest
	date	08/06/2022
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will be nominating someone for next year’s elections to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
	uin	HL780
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2022 answer text <p>The next election for members of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women will take place later this month. The Government has not put forward a candidate. The election after this will be in 2024 and the Government will decide nearer the time whether to nominate a candidate.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott question first answered 20/06/2022 14:06:18 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
	tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

1471605

	registered interest
	date	20/06/2022
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Stedman-Scott on 20 June (HL780), why they have not nominated a candidate for the forthcoming election to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women; and whether they will consider putting forward a candidate for the election in 2024.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
	uin	HL1082
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2022 answer text <p>The UK strongly supports the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) and it is committed to advancing women’s rights. We are committed to the CEDAW process and regularly engage with the UN and the Committee. Ministers consider a range of factors when deciding whether to nominate an independent candidate for election to an international body such as the CEDAW Committee, including the time and resources to mount a campaign, the potential benefits and the impact on other international elections. The Government will decide whether to nominate a candidate for the 2024 election closer to the time, taking these factors into account once again.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott question first answered 23/06/2022 15:11:18 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
	tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

1483322

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2022
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Baroness Stedman-Scott on 20 June (HL780) and 23 June (HL1082), what were the range of factors taken into account when considering whether to nominate a candidate to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW); and what led to them to their decision not to nominate a candidate this time.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
	uin	HL1274
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2022 answer text <p>Ministers considered a range of factors when deciding whether to nominate an independent candidate for election to the CEDAW Committee, including the time and resources to mount a campaign, the potential benefits and the impact on other international elections. Following analysis of these factors Ministers decided not to nominate candidate for the 2022 election.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott question first answered 04/07/2022 14:33:32 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
	tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

1605393

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2023
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government when they will submit their report to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this year.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
	uin	HL6629
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2023 answer text <p>We will not be submitting a report to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this year. Since we last went through the reporting cycle there has been a change in process, and we now follow the simplified reporting procedure.</p><p>Under the simplified reporting procedure, the Committee sends a list of issues to the state party, to which the state party sends a reply. This reply constitutes the periodic report. This change came into effect after the Committee issued their concluding observations on our eighth periodic report in 2019.</p><p>The Committee has not yet indicated when they will send the list of issues.</p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook question first answered 30/03/2023 10:22:33 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook
	tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

1607646

	registered interest
	date	27/03/2023
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what factors they will consider when deciding whether to nominate a UK candidate for election to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
	uin	HL6857
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2023 answer text <p>Ministers consider a range of factors when deciding whether to nominate a UK candidate for election to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, including the time and resources to mount a campaign, the potential benefits and the impact on other international elections.</p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook question first answered 30/03/2023 10:22:04 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook
	tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

818591

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2018
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to nominate any UK women for vacancies arising in 2018 on the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
	uin	HL4468
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government is currently considering whether to nominate a UK candidate for vacancies arising on the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women later this year.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 18/01/2018 15:10:21 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

819356

	registered interest
	date	09/01/2018
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will nominate a candidate to the UN Committee for Ending Discrimination Against Women.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
	uin	HL4558
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women is composed of 23 members. There will be an election later this year to replace 12 of these members, whose terms of office expire on 31 December 2018. The Government is not currently planning to make nominations for this Committee.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 23/01/2018 17:10:40 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

827872

	registered interest
	date	22/01/2018
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when the decision will be made whether to nominate a UK woman for the vacancies arising in 2018 to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women; and whether they will publish the outcome of their decision before the 7 March deadline for the 2018 election.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
	uin	HL4922
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government is considering a range of factors and will make a decision on whether to nominate a UK candidate for the vacancies arising in 2018 to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women by the 7 March deadline.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 31/01/2018 13:33:26 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

830500

	registered interest
	date	25/01/2018
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 23 January (HL4558), why the UK has never made a nomination to the UN Committee for Ending Discrimination against Women; and what consideration they have given to making a nomination in recognition of the centenary of the Representation of the People Act 1918 extending voting rights to women.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
	uin	HL5108
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2018 answer text <p>A range of factors are explored when considering whether to nominate a candidate for an election to a body such as the CEDAW Committee. A decision on whether to nominate a UK candidate for the next CEDAW Committee membership elections will be made by 7 March.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 31/01/2018 13:34:02 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

1131372

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2019
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps her Department is taking to implement the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women’s (CEDAW) conclusions from its recent examination of the UK's 8th CEDAW periodic report.
	tabling member constituency	Brent Central
	tabling member printed	Dawn Butler
	uin	263100
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2019 answer text <p>The UK was examined by the UN CEDAW Committee on 26 February 2019. The UK delegation was able to set out the progress we have made on the implementation of CEDAW and positively engaged with the Committee. On 11 March the Committee published its Concluding Observations and Recommendations.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has an ambitious programme of action to tackle gender inequalities – for example in relation to domestic abuse and economic empowerment – and delivering this will support our implementation of the recommendations made by the Committee on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women.</p><p> </p><p>We plan to publish a roadmap to gender equality later this year which will set out Government plans to address the persistent gendered economic barriers women – and men – are facing across the country, at every stage of their lives. This will help women have financial independence and resilience, as well as real choice and influence over the economic decisions in their lives.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 27/06/2019 13:37:20 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	1489 label Biography information for Dawn Butler