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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

444446

registered interest
date	13/01/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
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 serve on the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women, and if not, why not.
tabling member printed	Baroness Northover
uin	HL4997
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2016 answer text <p>The UK strongly supports the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) and is committed to advancing women's rights through the United Nations machinery.</p><p>We have not nominated a candidate to the CEDAW Committee and do not intend to do so. Our decision not to nominate a UK expert for election to the Committee is based on a number of considerations, including the need to allow for a reasonable amount of time and substantial resources to mount a campaign.</p><p>CEDAW Committee members serve in their personal capacity and do not represent the Member State that nominated them. We have full faith in the independence of the Committee and applaud the high quality of its work.</p><p>UK nationals are well represented on other UN treaty monitoring bodies, such as the Human Rights Committee and the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 19/01/2016 13:18:45 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover