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1642104

registered interest
date	06/06/2023
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	Gender: Discrimination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, pursuant to the Answer of 24 April 2023 to Question 180207 on Gender and Sexuality and with reference to the letter she received from the Chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, dated 3 April 2023, whether she plans to hold discussions with organisations that have expertise in the rights of trans people on the implications of that advice for (a) equal pay and (b)(i) direct and (ii) indirect sex discrimination.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	187932
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2023 answer text <p>The Minister for Women and Equalities sought advice from the Equality and Human Rights Commission, to establish whether the law in its existing format is sufficiently clear in the balance it strikes between the interests of people with different protected characteristics. Having received their response she is now carefully considering it before any decision on how to respond is made.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The EHRC itself has highlighted that further policy and legal analysis is required to understand the impact of its advice on various groups and areas, including sex discrimination and equal pay.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 14/06/2023 14:46:18 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1641966

registered interest
date	05/06/2023
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	Employment: Equality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what recent progress she has made in establishing an Inclusion at Work panel.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	187648
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2023 answer text <p>Work is well underway to establish the Inclusion at Work panel. Pamela Dow, who founded and formerly led the Government Skills Campus, was appointed as Chair in March 2023. Invitations to officially join the panel have now been issued to experts from a range of backgrounds, including academia, business, and human resources. More information about Panel members will be made available in due course.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We look forward to the Panel’s first meeting in due course and seeing their work in improving fairness in the workplace develop.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 13/06/2023 14:19:58 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1641282

registered interest
date	02/06/2023
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	Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Bill
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether it remains her policy to progress the Workers (Amendment to the Equality Act 2010) Bill.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	187305
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2023 answer text <p>The Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Bill, introduced by Wera Hobhouse MP, will deliver these two legislative commitments. We are aware of concerns raised by some Parliamentarians about the balance the Bill strikes between protecting free speech and tackling harassment. However, the Government remains committed to these measures: we continue to support the Bill and are engaging noble Lords to reassure them on these points.</p><p> </p><p>Ultimately, as the Bill has now passed to the House of Lords, progress is now in the hands of the Lords. I and my officials are in regular contact with the Lords and Commons Whips offices in relation to this Bill.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield grouped question UIN 187306 187307 question first answered 08/06/2023 15:44:14 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1641283

registered interest
date	02/06/2023
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	Sexual Harassment: Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will make it her policy to place a preventative duty on firms to create workplaces free from sexual harassment.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	187306
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2023 answer text <p>The Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Bill, introduced by Wera Hobhouse MP, will deliver these two legislative commitments. We are aware of concerns raised by some Parliamentarians about the balance the Bill strikes between protecting free speech and tackling harassment. However, the Government remains committed to these measures: we continue to support the Bill and are engaging noble Lords to reassure them on these points.</p><p> </p><p>Ultimately, as the Bill has now passed to the House of Lords, progress is now in the hands of the Lords. I and my officials are in regular contact with the Lords and Commons Whips offices in relation to this Bill.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield grouped question UIN 187305 187307 question first answered 08/06/2023 15:44:14 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1641284

registered interest
date	02/06/2023
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	Sexual Harassment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether she plans to outlaw sexual harassment from third parties.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	187307
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2023 answer text <p>The Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Bill, introduced by Wera Hobhouse MP, will deliver these two legislative commitments. We are aware of concerns raised by some Parliamentarians about the balance the Bill strikes between protecting free speech and tackling harassment. However, the Government remains committed to these measures: we continue to support the Bill and are engaging noble Lords to reassure them on these points.</p><p> </p><p>Ultimately, as the Bill has now passed to the House of Lords, progress is now in the hands of the Lords. I and my officials are in regular contact with the Lords and Commons Whips offices in relation to this Bill.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield grouped question UIN 187305 187306 question first answered 08/06/2023 15:44:14 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1641317

registered interest
date	02/06/2023
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	Guide Dogs: Business Premises
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether she plans to bring forward legislative proposals to ensure that guide dog users are protected from access refusals.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Kirsten Oswald
uin	187338
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2023 answer text <p>No one should be refused access to businesses or services because they use a guide or other assistance dog.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Under the Equality Act 2010 (the Act), businesses and public bodies that provide goods and services to the public must not unlawfully discriminate against disabled people, including those with assistance dogs. The Act places a duty on service providers to make reasonable adjustments to improve access to premises, buildings and services. This could include allowing the use of assistance dogs so that disabled customers have the same access to goods and services and are not placed at a substantial disadvantage compared to non-disabled customers.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Parliament intended the Act to guide the policies of service providers, including those exercising public functions, as well as providing legal protection. Failure by a service provider to comply with the Act by making a reasonable adjustment will mean that they have unlawfully discriminated on grounds of disability.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>People who feel that they have been discriminated against can use other provisions within the Act to seek redress against a non-compliant service provider, including going to Court if necessary.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>This is the case for all the other protected characteristics in the Act and the Government has no plans to amend this process, which is based on the long-established civil law principle that it is for an aggrieved person to enforce the law.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 187339 question first answered 12/06/2023 14:15:02 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4413 label Biography information for Kirsten Oswald

1641318

registered interest
date	02/06/2023
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	Guide Dogs: Business Premises
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will take steps to introduce enforceable penalties for businesses who refuse access to guide dog users.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Kirsten Oswald
uin	187339
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2023 answer text <p>No one should be refused access to businesses or services because they use a guide or other assistance dog.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Under the Equality Act 2010 (the Act), businesses and public bodies that provide goods and services to the public must not unlawfully discriminate against disabled people, including those with assistance dogs. The Act places a duty on service providers to make reasonable adjustments to improve access to premises, buildings and services. This could include allowing the use of assistance dogs so that disabled customers have the same access to goods and services and are not placed at a substantial disadvantage compared to non-disabled customers.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Parliament intended the Act to guide the policies of service providers, including those exercising public functions, as well as providing legal protection. Failure by a service provider to comply with the Act by making a reasonable adjustment will mean that they have unlawfully discriminated on grounds of disability.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>People who feel that they have been discriminated against can use other provisions within the Act to seek redress against a non-compliant service provider, including going to Court if necessary.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>This is the case for all the other protected characteristics in the Act and the Government has no plans to amend this process, which is based on the long-established civil law principle that it is for an aggrieved person to enforce the law.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 187338 question first answered 12/06/2023 14:15:02 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4413 label Biography information for Kirsten Oswald

1640548

registered interest
date	25/05/2023
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	Access to Elected Office for Disabled People Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether it is her Department's policy to provide additional funding to support disabled candidates standing at the next General Election.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	186960
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2023 answer text <p>The Equality Act 2010 stipulates that parties must make reasonable adjustments to support disabled candidates and ensure, as far as possible, that they have the same access as non-disabled candidates. Ministers have made clear in letters to parties and Statements to the House that ultimately the responsibility sits with political parties.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 05/06/2023 15:45:27 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1642440

registered interest
date	25/05/2023
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	Women: STEM Subjects
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking to help support women into science, technology, engineering and mathematics jobs.
tabling member constituency	North Devon
tabling member printed	Selaine Saxby
uin	905238
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2023 answer text <p>We’ve made great progress in increasing the number of girls studying STEM subjects but we need to do more to get women into STEM jobs.</p><p>To support this, we are delivering a new STEM returners programme to refresh and grow the skills of people who have taken career breaks to care for others.</p><p>Following a successful recruitment campaign, the first cohort of returners began training in May.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 07/06/2023 15:46:42 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4863 label Biography information for Selaine Saxby

1642441

registered interest
date	25/05/2023
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	Guide Dogs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that users of guide dogs are not refused entry to public establishments.
tabling member constituency	Penrith and The Border
tabling member printed	Dr Neil Hudson
uin	905239
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2023 answer text <p>No one should be refused access to businesses or services because they use a guide or other assistance dog. Ignorance of the law is not a defence.</p><p>Under the Equality Act 2010, businesses and public bodies that provide goods and services to the public must not unlawfully discriminate against disabled people, including those with assistance dogs.</p><p>The Act places a duty on service providers to make reasonable adjustments to improve access to premises, buildings and services. This could include allowing the use of assistance dogs so that disabled customers have the same access to goods and services and are not placed at a substantial disadvantage compared to non-disabled customers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 07/06/2023 14:13:24 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4853 label Biography information for Dr Neil Hudson