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

Second reading in the House of Lords, Lord Faulkner of Worcester's Private Members’ Bill 17 July 2015

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

House of Commons Committee Stage, Briefing in support of Amendment 136 to Clause 84, 26 November 2015

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, House of Lords, Briefing on Clauses 8 and 14 of the Immigration Bill, 18 January 2016

Immigration Bill, Second Reading, House of Lords, 22 December 2015

Immigration Bill, House of Commons, Briefing for Committee Stage (Briefing in support of Amendment numbers 222 and 226 to Schedule 6) 4 November 2015

Immigration Bill, House of Commons, Briefing for Committee Stage (Amendment number 73 to Clause 12), 29 October 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

House of Lords Debate 14 October 2015: Lord Beecham, Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 (Criminal Courts Charge) Regulations 2015 - motion to regret

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

Briefing in support of the Motions that Clauses 9 and 15 should not stand part of the Bill or, in the alternative, Amendments 99, 100 and 102 to Clause 15 and Schedule 1, Committee Stage, House of Lords, 10 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

The Commission's letter to Roger Godsiff MP regarding ESA WRAG proposals in the 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

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) response to our letter re: Welfare Reform and Work Bill 2015 - 2016, 13 October 2015

Our letter to The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) re: Welfare Reform and Work Bill 2015 - 2016, 16 September 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:

• Counter Terrorism Bill, House of Lords Second Reading January 2015

Criminal Justice and Courts Bill:

• Criminal Justice and Courts Bill. Ping Pong House of Lords 9 December 2014. Judicial Review amendments

• 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:

• Deprivation of Citizenship proposal, joint briefing on clause 64 of 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:

• Immigration Bill - House of Lords Committee Stage, Feb 2014

Justice and Security Bill:

• Justice and Security Bill Final stage briefing

Offender Rehabilitation Bill:

• Offender Rehabilitation Bill: Letter to Secretary of State, November 2013

Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill:

• Letter to Chair of the JCHR re Transparency of Lobbying, Non-party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill

Draft Voting Eligibility (Prisoners) Bill:

• Submission to the Joint Committee on the Draft Voting Eligibility (Prisoners) Bill June 2013

Bills for 2012/2013

Draft Care and Support Bill:

• Submission to the Joint Committee on the Draft Care and Support Bill

Crime and Courts Bill:

• Crime and Courts Bill 2012 - 13, second reading, House of Commons

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:

• Growth and Infrastructure Bill, clause 27

Justice and Security Bill:

• New briefing: Justice and Security Bill (with advice) October 2012

Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill:

• Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill 2012/13

Mental Health (Discrimination) No 2 Bill:

• Mental Health (Discrimination) No 2 Bill October 2012

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

Last Updated: 07 Mar 2016