10 current inquiries
Inquiries allow committees to consider oral and written evidence on a particular topic. They usually result in the publication of a report.
Female genital mutilation (FGM)
Opened 31 January 2025
Female entrepreneurship
Opened 30 January 2025
Misogyny in music: follow up
Opened 14 January 2025
Gendered Islamophobia
Opened 11 December 2024
Equality at work: paternity and shared parental leave
Opened 6 December 2024
Community cohesion
Opened 3 December 2024
Equality at work: miscarriage and bereavement leave
Report:
Published
On 15 January 2025
Govt. response:
Published
On 24 March 2025
Opened 29 October 2024
Tackling non-consensual intimate image abuse
Report:
Published
On 5 March 2025
Govt. response:
Due by
On 5 May 2025
Opened 28 March 2024
The rights of older people
Report:
Published
On 19 February 2025
Govt. response:
Overdue
Since 19 April 2025
Opened 20 September 2023
Women's reproductive health conditions
Report:
Published
On 11 December 2024
Govt. response:
Published
On 5 March 2025
Opened 25 July 2023
Non-inquiry work
Regular evidence sessions
Some committees take evidence from certain officeholders or organisations on a regular basis outside the structure of an inquiry.
Non-inquiry sessions
Non-inquiry sessions are brief packages of work that will not necessarily result in a report. They may be used to revisit previous inquiry topics or take evidence on a topical matter.
Pre-appointment hearings
People nominated to certain public offices may be examined by a committee to assess their suitability and plans for the role.
Latest news
Women and Equalities Committee to examine the barriers and aids to community cohesion
The Women and Equalities Committee (WEC) will explore the barriers and aids to
Community cohesion in Parliament during the third evidence session of its inquiry into the subject on Tuesday, 22 April.
22 April 2025
Women and Equalities Committee to hear evidence on barriers to female entrepreneurship
The Women and Equalities Committee (WEC) will hear from business experts and academics during the first evidence session of its female entrepreneurship inquiry in Parliament on Wednesday, 2 April.
28 March 2025
Women and Equalities Committee's call for statutory miscarriage bereavement leave to progress in the Lords, Government says
The Women and Equalities Committee’s “invaluable” report on miscarriage bereavement leave highlighted “the gap in support for women and their partners who experience a pre-24-week pregnancy loss”, the Government response has said.
24 March 2025
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