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

References

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

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Women and Equalities Committee

Transgender issues

Membership

See also

References

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