Women & Equalities
Gender equality, pay gap, discrimination, disability rights, equality act, LGBTQ+
Recent PMQs Questions
View all 49PMQs 2026-03-25
In my constituency, I have been made aware of a case in which two children of a convicted paedophile have been trying to change their surname but cannot, because both parents have to agree. Will the P...
PMQs 2026-03-18
I am concerned about Burnley Manchester Road station being a key driver of growth and linking Burnley with important cities. With half a million journeys annually, its inaccessibility is problematic. ...
PMQs 2026-03-18
Violence against women and girls is a global emergency. It is a key concern that we discussed at last week's United Nations Commission on the Status of Women. Social media platforms are promoting and ...
PMQs 2026-03-04
May I associate myself with the Prime Minister's remarks on Sarah Everard and the need to do far more to tackle violence against women and girls? May I also associate myself with the Prime Minister's ...
PMQs 2026-02-25
Given the recent challenges to the Equality Act, will the Prime Minister commit to defending laws that prevent workplace discrimination and protect rights regardless of sex, race or disability?...
PMQs 2026-02-11
I thank the Prime Minister for raising the stabbing at Kingsbury high school yesterday. It is absolutely right that we allow the police to get on with their job of investigating this terrible atrocity...
PMQs 2026-02-11
The Prime Minister will be aware of Lorraine Cox, a resident of Exeter who in 2020 was murdered by a man whose asylum claim had been denied but who was not removed from this country. Will the Prime Mi...
PMQs 2026-02-11
The Prime Minister pretends not to know about Matthew Doyle, but it was on the front page of The Sunday Times. He cannot explain why he gave this man a peerage—I think Labour Members should be wonderi...
PMQs 2026-02-11
The Prime Minister is demonstrating stratospheric levels of delusion if he thinks the problem is on the Opposition Benches. He did not say anything about why the Cabinet Secretary is going, but we kno...
PMQs 2024-03-13
Despite opposition from key figures, the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities is set to broaden the definition of extremism tomorrow. Should the Prime Minister focus on address...
Recent Ministerial Questions
View all 827Conversion Practices 2026-04-29
I would be grateful if the Minister could confirm [7D [K confirm exactly what conversion practices she plans to ban. Conversion prac [4D [K practices tell people that they should be subjected to physi...
Conversion Practices 2026-04-29
Can the Minister reassure me that a Bill will com [3D [K come to the House early in the next Session, and that we will not be waitin [6D [K waiting any longer for these cruel and inhumane practices to...
Conversion Practices 2026-04-29
The Minister should make a powerful statement tod [3D [K today that this terrible practice will end under the Labour Government. Suf [3D [K Suffolk Pride's fringe festival starts next month with Pride...
Conversion Practices 2026-04-29
What steps she is taking to ban conversion practi [6D [K practices. Conversion practices tell people that their identity is wrong, t [1D [K that it can be changed, and that they should be subjected to...
Topical Questions 2026-04-29
Will the Minister commit to a national audit of s [1D [K street harassment, intimidation and sexual offending by nationality and imm [3D [K immigration status?...
Topical Questions 2026-04-29
Can she reassure me that such an obvious licence [K for bigotry and discrimination will not be included in the final guidance w [1D [K when you publish it next month?...
Topical Questions 2026-04-29
After meeting with constituents who expressed con [3D [K concerns about the updated guidance for trans-inclusion and protection from [4D [K from discrimination, I ask what assurances can my right hon....
Topical Questions 2026-04-29
If she will make a statement on her departmental [K responsibilities. She notes that employers can now publish voluntary action [6D [K action plans to address the gender pay gap and support women in t...
Violence against Women and Girls 2026-04-29
A quarter of female teachers have been subjected [K to misogynistic abuse in the classroom in the last year. They report feelin [6D [K feeling humiliated and violated, and we know that impressionable ...
Violence against Women and Girls 2026-04-29
Following the Women and Equalities Committee's wo [2D [K work on misogyny in music, we are now looking at women's experiences in com [3D [K comedy. In 2018, Chortle found that a quarter of female come...