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626559

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date	01/11/2016
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	Equality and Human Rights Commission
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, which civil society stakeholders have been consulted on the proposed restructuring of the Equality and Human Rights Commission.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	51366
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2016 answer text <p>The Equality and Human Rights Commission is responsible for determining its own structure and any consultation it undertakes on that. I have therefore asked the Chief Executive Officer of the Commission to write to the Right Honourable Member with the information requested.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 09/11/2016 13:39:58 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

626583

registered interest
date	01/11/2016
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	Equality and Human Rights Commission
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what recent assessment she has made of the effect on engagement with civil society organisations of the reduction made in the 2015 Comprehensive Spending Review to the budget of the Equality and Human Rights Commission.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	51365
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2016 answer text <p>The Equality and Human Rights Commission has, and will, continue to receive sufficient funds to enable it to fulfil its statutory functions. As far as engagement with civil society organisations is concerned these include but are not limited to functions under the Equality Act 2006, Section 5 (consultation on a strategic plan); Section 8 (promotion of understanding of the importance of equality and diversity; promotion of awareness and understand of rights under the equality enactments), Section 9 (promotion of understanding of importance of human rights); Section 12 (consultation on a quinquennial report on progress towards identified equality and human rights outcomes); and Section 13 (publication or other dissemination of ideas or information; provision of education or training).</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 04/11/2016 14:48:03 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

626584

registered interest
date	01/11/2016
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	Equality and Human Rights Commission
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what the Equality and Human Rights Commission budget will be for each of the next three years.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	51364
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2016 answer text <p>The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has been allocated a budget of £21.435m for 2016-17.</p><p> </p><p>Budgets for the years 2017-18, 2018-19 and 2019-20 are being finalised by the Department for Education in consultation with the EHRC, and are consistent with the spending review settlement provided to the Department. We hope to be in a position to confirm budgets for these years shortly.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 04/11/2016 14:45:18 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

50404

registered interest
date	08/05/2014
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, what steps he is taking to advance equal rights for LGBT citizens in the EU; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	198168
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p>The International Lesbian and Gay Association (ILGA) continue to recognise the UK as the highest ranking country for human rights protection of LGBT people in Europe.</p><p>The UK Government is a member of the European Network of Governmental LGBT Focal Points which enables us to disseminate good practice and insight from the UK. Other members include European Union member states.</p><p>The Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 will recognise legally valid marriages of same sex couples formed in other European countries as legal marriages in England and Wales. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office, in liaison with the Government Equalities Office, is also carrying out an exercise to gain recognition of marriages of same sex couples formed in England and Wales overseas, including in other European Union member states.</p> answering member constituency Cardiff Central answering member printed Jenny Willott question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1497 label Biography information for Jenny Willott
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed