My Rt Hon Friend and I have not had any such discussions.<\/p>
<\/p>
This Government is committed to the protection and promotion of women\u2019s rights. Sharia law has no jurisdiction in England and Wales and the Government has no intention of changing this position. Everyone, male or female, is equal before the law in this country.<\/p>
<\/p>
The practice note issued by The Law Society on 13 March gives guidance to solicitors preparing wills under the law of England and Wales. It is a fundamental principle of this law that testators are, by making a valid will, able to leave their property to whomsoever they wish, subject only to the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975. The practice note does not and cannot change the law. The courts will continue to apply the law of England and Wales relating to the making of wills in exactly the same way as they did before the practice note was issued<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1513", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jo Swinson"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "East Dunbartonshire"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Jo Swinson"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2014-09-01", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2014-09-01T18:52:29.9753046Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "31"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Women and Equalities"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Women and Equalities"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2014-07-21", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Legal Systems: Islam"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, what discussions she has had with (a) the Secretary of State for Justice and (b) other interlocutors about the Law Society's inclusion of Sharia succession rules in its guidance and its compatibility with existing equalities legislation; and if she will make a statement.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1493", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Charles Walker"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Broxbourne"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Mr Charles Walker"} ], "uin" : "206704"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/78805", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Women and Equalities"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/78805/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
The Government Equalities Office has not spent any money on plants, televisions or artwork over the past 5 years.<\/p>
<\/p>
The available information is in the table.<\/p>
<\/p>
Expenditure on Catering and Refreshments<\/strong><\/p> Financial Year<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Expenditure<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2013/14<\/p><\/td> £3,666<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2014/15<\/p><\/td> £3,328<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> Notes:<\/p> 1. GEO\u2019s transfers between Departments mean that the data is only accessible through a number of different legacy systems. Further detail could only be provided at disproportionate cost.<\/p> 2. Expenditure on wine is included in the figures above; it is not recorded separately.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, how much the Government Equalities Office has spent on (a) plants and (b) wine in each of the last five years.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/78110", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Women and Equalities"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/78110/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The table sets out the amounts paid to the companies in question by DCMS, which in the relevant years, included the Government Equalities Office (GEO). For prior years the Department does not hold this information. This will be recorded in the accounts of the Home Office, as the GEO used the expertise of the Home Office and Government Procurement Service.<\/p> <\/strong><\/p> <\/p><\/td> 2012-13<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2013-14<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Supplier<\/strong><\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> G4S<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 320.40<\/p><\/td> 0.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Capita Health Solutions<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 0.00<\/p><\/td> 0.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Capita Resourcing Ltd<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2,859,479.69<\/p><\/td> 4,312,004.26<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Capita Learning & Development<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 16,816.15<\/p><\/td> 40,584.36<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Capita Bisiness Travel<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 94,356.64<\/p><\/td> 0.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Capita Symonds<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 66,375.60<\/p><\/td> 0.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Capita Business Services (interim)<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 0.00<\/p><\/td> 74,679.50<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Atos<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 5,958,713.10<\/p><\/td> 4,707,570.47<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Mitie Managed Services<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 0.00<\/p><\/td> 0.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Carillion Business Services Ltd<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2,301,879.07<\/p><\/td> 656,254.50<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Carillion Business Services Ltd<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 892,106.50<\/p><\/td> 0.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, how much the Government Equalities Office paid to (a) G4S, (b) Serco, (c) Sodexo, (d) GEOAmey, (e) Capita, (f) Atos, (g) Mitie, (h) Working Links, (i) A4E, (j) MTC Amey, (k) GEO Group and (l) Carillion in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12, (iii) 2012-13 and (iv) 2013-14.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/78218/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " Government regulations (effective from 1st<\/sup> October 2013) apply to quoted companies in the UK to disclose the numbers of men and women on boards, in senior management and in the business as a whole. This aims to help companies to spot areas of talent block within their own organisations.<\/p> <\/p> We follow a voluntary approach in the UK to increase the numbers of women on boards and engage closely with organisations who are active on building the pipeline of female talent such as the 30% Club.<\/p> <\/p> In 2012, the 30% Club carried out research with one of the leading global management consulting firms, McKinsey & Company to aggregate results looking into the numbers of women in UK partnerships in Professional Services Firms. Their study made recommendations to help firms get more women to the top. Many of these firms including KPMG, Deloitte, Linklaters and PWC are members of the 30% Club (at Chairmen and CEO level) whose goals are to achieve better gender balance at all levels of an organisation.<\/p> <\/p> This approach complements the work and progress of the Lord Davies business-led initiative to achieve 25% of women on boards by 2015.<\/p> <\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, what assessment she has made of the auditing by accountancy firms of their appointment of women to their boards.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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, "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4027", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, how many officials employed by the Government Equalities Office, of each grade, have remained at that grade since 2010 but received a pay rise; and how much of a rise each such person at each such grade has received.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, how many non-permanent staff of the Equalities and Human Rights Commission are paid a daily sum of (a) £1,000 or more, (b) between £750 and £1,000, (c) between £500 and £750 and (d) between £250 and £500 inclusive of VAT for their work with that body.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/77488", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Women and Equalities"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, how many contracts the Government Equalities Office (a) has let and (b) plan to let that are worth (i) between £1 million and £3 million and (i) over £3 million since 2010; how much the Government Equalities Office has spent on monitoring each such contract; and how many officials in the Government Equalities Office monitor each contract.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/77237", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Women and Equalities"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/77237/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " <\/p> I refer the honourable Member for Tooting to the answer given by my hon. Friend, the Minister for Sport and Tourism on given on 2nd September 2014 Official Report, col 201W . The figures for 2013-14 and 2014-15 for DCMS included figures for the Government Equalities Office (GEO). Within those totals, the figures for the GEO are:<\/p> <\/p> Financial Year<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Contracted-out expenditure Proportion of contracted-out expenditure to Budget 2013/14<\/p><\/td> 2,252<\/p><\/td> 26%<\/p><\/td><\/tr> <\/strong><\/p><\/td> Forecast<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Forecast<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2014/15<\/p><\/td> 2,782<\/p><\/td> 42%<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> <\/p> * the percentage value is calculated against a proportion of the GEO budget which excludes grant payments and internal payment transfers between departments<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> For prior years the Department does not hold this information, as the GEO used the expertise of the Home Office and Government Procurement Service.<\/p> <\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, how much and what proportion of the Government Equalities Office's budget was spent on activities which were contracted out in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12, (d) 2012-13 and (e) 2013-14; and how much and what proportion of the Government Equalities Office's budget he expects to be contracted out in 2014-15.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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