Women and Equalities Committee

The Women and Equalities Committee is a select committee of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was established following the 2015 general election to examine the expenditure, administration and policy of the Government Equalities Office on equalities (gender, age, race, sexual orientation, disability and transgender/gender identity) issues.

Transgender issues

The Committee's Chair, Maria Miller has announced that it will be examining the rights of transgender people who are married and, under the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013, require their spouse's consent to change the status of their marriage.[1]

Membership

As of 6 July 2015, the members of the committee are as follows:

Member Party Constituency
Maria Miller MP (Chair) Conservative Basingstoke
Ruth Cadbury MP Labour Brentford and Isleworth
Maria Caulfield MP Conservative Lewes
Jo Churchill MP Conservative Bury St Edmunds
Angela Crawley MP Scottish National Party Lanark and Hamilton East
Mims Davies MP Conservative Eastleigh
Flick Drummond MP Conservative Portsmouth South
Ben Howlett MP Conservative Bath
Jess Phillips MP Labour Birmingham Yardley
Tulip Siddiq MP Labour Hampstead and Kilburn
Cat Smith MP Labour Lancaster and Fleetwood

See also

References

  1. Mark, Leftly (14 June 2015). "Transgender marriage scrutinised by MPs' new equalities committee". The Independent. Retrieved 13 July 2015.


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