Parliamentary briefings
Read the Commission's briefings to Parliamentarians. Briefings are used to present an analysis of whether proposed policies and legal changes align with the requirements of equality and human rights law.
For more information contact the parliamentary affairs team: correspondence@equalityhumanrights.com.
International Women's Day debate 2016
International Women's Day House of Commons briefing
International Women's Day House of Lords briefing
Bills for 2015/2016
Accessible Sports Ground Bill
Draft Investigatory Powers Bill
The Commission's written evidence to the Draft Investigatory Powers Bill Committee, December 2015
Enterprise Bill 2015
Enterprise Bill, Committee Stage, House of Commons, 23 February 2016
Enterprise Bill, Report Stage, House of Lords, 30 November 2015
Enterprise Bill, Report Stage, House of Lords, 25 November 2015
Enterprise Bill, Second Reading, House of Lords Second Reading, 12 October 2015
Enterprise Bill, Committee Stage, House of Lords, 28 October 2015
Housing and Planning Bill
House of Lords Committee Stage, Briefing in support of Amendment 82H to Clause 115
Immigration Bill 2015 - 2016
Immigration Bill, House of Lords, Committee Stage, 1 February 2016
Immigration Bill, House of Lords, Committee Stage, Day 2, 20 January 2016
Immigration Bill, Second Reading, House of Lords, 22 December 2015
Immigration Bill, House of Commons, Briefing for Committee Stage, 29 October 2015
Immigration Bill, House of Commons, Second Reading, 13 October 2015
Lord Beecham’s motion to regret 14 October 2015
Scotland Bill
House of Lords, Report Stage 24 February 2016
House of Lords, Second reading, Tuesday, 24 November 2015
House of Commons, Briefing for Report Stage, Monday, 9 November 2015
Trade Union Bill
House of Lords Committee Stage Briefing on Clause 15: 25 February 2016
Second Reading, House of Lords, 11 January 2016
Wales Bill
Submission to the Welsh Affairs Committee’s scrutiny of the Draft Wales Bill, 25 November 2015
Welfare Reform and Work Bill
Clause 8: Third Reading, House of Lords, 9 February 2016
Report Stage: Clauses 11, 12, 13, and 14 House of Lords, 27 January 2016
Report Stage Briefing Clauses 1, 4, 7 and 8, House of Lords, 25 January 2016
Committee Stage: Clauses 1 and 2, House of Lords, 9th December 2015
Committee Stage: Clauses 13 and 15, House of Lords, 9th December 2015
Committee stage: Clauses 11 and 12, House of Lords, 7th December 2015
Committee Stage: Clauses 4 and 6, House of Lords, 7th December 2015
Second Reading - House of Lords, Monday 17 November 2015
Response to call for written evidence
Welfare Reform and Work Bill - House of Commons report stage
Bills for 2014/15:
House of Lords Liaison Committee 2015
Motion for debate: recommendation to appoint ad hoc post-legislative scrutiny committee to consider the impact on disabled people of the Equality Act 2010, 12 March 2015.
Westminster Hall Debates
Proposals for a new Equal Pay Act - 18 March 2015.
Bills for 2014/15:
Armed Forces (Service Complaints and Financial Assistance) Bill:
- Armed Forces (Service Complaints Financial Assistance) Bill – House of Commons, Report Stage, 9 March 2015 – Briefing on amendments
- Briefing on amendments to the Armed Forces (Service Complaints and Financial Assistance) Bill - House of Commons, Committee, 10 Feb 2015
- Armed Forces (Service Complaints and Financial Assistance) Bill House of Commons - Second Reading 2 February 2015
Care Bill:
- Care Bill: Ping Pong
- Care Bill: Report Stage, House of Commons
- Care Bill: Parliamentary briefings from 2013/2014
Counter Terrorism Bill:
Criminal Justice and Courts Bill:
- Criminal Justice and Courts Bill 2014 Ping Pong stage, House of Commons
- Criminal Justice and Courts Bill 2014 Briefing in support of amendments relating to judicial review
- Criminal Justice and Courts Bill 2014: use of physical restraint in secure colleges
- Criminal Justice and Courts Bill, House of Lords, Committee 14 July 2014
Deregulation Bill
- Deregulation Bill, House of Lords, 5 February 2015, briefing on amendment to Clause 89 (growth duty)
- Deregulation Bill - Report Stage, House of Lords, 03 February 2015, amendments to Clause 2
- Deregulation Bill, Committee Stage, House of Lords, 20 November 2014
- Deregulation Bill - Committee Stage, House of Lords 17 October 2014
- Deregulation Bill - Second reading, February 2014
Immigration Bill:
International Women's Day:
- International Women's Day 2015 - Backbench Debate, 5 March 2015
- International Women's Day 2015 - House of Lords Debate, 5 March 2015
Modern Slavery Bill:
- Consideration of amendments by the House of Commons, 17 March 2015
- Briefing on amendment 99A published in the Second Marshalled List of Amendments to be moved on Report 25 February 2015
- Briefing is support of amendments tabled to the Modern Slavery Bill: House of Lords, Report 23 February 2015
- Modern Slavery Bill, House of Lords Committee Stage, Briefing Part 1 Clause 45, 8 December 2014
- Modern Slavery Bill, House of Lords Committee Stage, 1 December 2014
- Modern Slavery Bill, House of Lords second reading 17 November 2014
- Modern Slavery Bill, House of Commons second reading 8 July 2014
- Draft Modern Slavery Bill: EHRC response to committee call for evidence, February 2014
Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill:
- Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill, House of Lords Report, 11 March 2015
- Briefing on Clauses 17 to 19 of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill: Review of business appeals procedures Lords Committee January 2015
Bills for 2013/14:
Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Bill:
- Anti-Social Behaviour Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments to Schedule 8, Stop and Searches at ports and airports, November 2013
- Submission to the Joint Committee on Human Rights Legislative Scrutiny 2013 – 2014 Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Bill, June 2013
- Submission to the Joint Committee on Human Rights Legislative Scrutiny 2013 – 2014 Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Bill: Stop and Search (Amendments to Schedule 7 Terrorism Act 2000) June 2013
Care Bill:
(see above for 2014/2015 briefings)
- Care Bill: Committee Stage, House of Commons
- Care Bill: Second reading House of Commons
- Care Bill 2013 - House of Lords Report Stage
- Care Bill 2013 - House of Lords Committee Stage
Children and Families Bill:
- Children and Families Bill 2013 - House of Lords Committee Stage
- Children and Families Bill Committee stage briefings
Draft Deregulation Bill:
- Response to the call for evidence from the Joint Committee on the Draft Deregulation Bill, Sept 2013
Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill:
- Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill Final stages briefing
- Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill Lords report stage briefing
- Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill Parliamentary Briefings 2012/2013
Immigration Bill:
Justice and Security Bill:
Offender Rehabilitation Bill:
Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill:
Draft Voting Eligibility (Prisoners) Bill:
Bills for 2012/2013
Draft Care and Support Bill:
Crime and Courts Bill:
Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill:
(see above for 2013/14 briefings)
- Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill, Lords second reading and Lords Committee stage
- Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill 2012-13
- Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill briefing
- New briefing: Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill 2012-13
Growth and Infrastructure Bill:
Justice and Security Bill:
Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill:
Mental Health (Discrimination) No 2 Bill:
Parliamentary submissions 2013/2014
- Response of the Equality and Human Rights Commission to the Joint Committee on Human Rights inquiry into violence against women and girls (VAWG), March 2014
- Submission to the Home Affairs Select Committee Inquiry on Female Genital Mutilation
- Health and Social Care Bill (amendment)
- Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill
- Health and Social Care Bill
- Protection of Freedoms Bill
- Welfare Reform Bill
- Education Bill
- Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Bill
- Health and Social Care Bill Briefings
- Protection of Freedoms Bill
- Localism Bill
- Public Bodies Bill
- Terrorist Asset-Freezing etc Bill
- Submission to the Speaker’s Conference on Parliamentary Representation
- Response to the Treasury Select Committee Report 'Women in the City'
- Identity Documents Bill – Commons Second Reading
- Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill
- Coroners and Justice Bill
- Crime, Security, Policing and Counter-Terrorism Bill Briefings
- Education and Skills Bill Briefing
- Equal pay strategy and position paper
- International Women's Day 2010
- Queen's Speech Debate
- Saving Gateway and Welfare Reform Briefings
- Speaker’s Conference - March 2009 submission
Last Updated: 07 Mar 2016