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Unequal impact? Coronavirus and BAME people

Inquiry

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From the Unequal Impact: coronavirus and the impact on people with protected characteristics inquiry, the Women and Equalities Committee is launching three sub-inquiries.

Read more about our decision to launch the sub-inquires here.

In this sub-inquiry, the Committee wants to explore the pre-existing inequalities facing BAME people and how these inequalities have impacted on their vulnerability to the virus. The Committee is also interested in solutions to mitigate the impacts of the pandemic on BAME people. The Committee is particularly keen to hear from BAME people throughout this sub-inquiry.  

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Past events

Wednesday 15 July 2020
2:30pm Public
Unequal impact? Coronavirus and BAME people - Oral evidence 15 July 2020
2:30pm
  • Kemi Badenoch MP (Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at Government Equalities Office)
  • Jo Churchill MP (Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Prevention, Public Health and Primary Care at Department of Health and Social Care)
  • Emma Fraser (Director, Housing Markets and Strategy at Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government)
  • Dorian Kennedy (Deputy Director, Children, Families and Communities at Department for Health and Social Care)
  • Marcus Bell (Director, Race Disparity Unit at Cabinet Office)
  • The Rt Hon Christopher Pincher MP (Minister of State at Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government)
The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House
Wednesday 1 July 2020
2:30pm Public
Unequal impact? Coronavirus and BAME people - Oral evidence 1 July 2020
2:30pm
  • Dr Andrea Barry (Senior Analyst at Joseph Rowntree Foundation)
  • Cym D'Souza (Chair at BME National)
  • Dr Zubaida Haque (Interim Director at The Runnymede Trust)
Room 6, Palace of Westminster
Wednesday 17 June 2020
2:30pm Public
Unequal impact? Coronavirus and BAME people - Oral evidence 17 June 2020
2:30pm
  • Dr Chaand Nagpaul (Chair at BMA (British Medical Association) )
  • Professor Kamlesh Khunti (Professor of Primary Care Diabetes and Vascular Medicine at University of Leicester)
  • Professor Lucinda Platt (Professor of Social Policy and Sociology at London School of Economics)
  • Barbara Palmer
  • Rosie Lewis (Member at Angelou Centre)
  • Naz Zaman (Member at Lancashire BME Network)
The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House

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