The Government has published its response to the Treasury Committee's Tenth Report of Session 2009-10 on Women in the City.
The Equalities and Human Rights Commission also published its response to the Treasury Select Committee Report: Women in the City.
Background to inquiry
On 8 August 2009 the Treasury Committee announced a new inquiry on the role of women in the City.
Topics within the inquiry included:
- The proportion of women occupying senior positions in major financial institutions and the extent of glass ceilings to promotion;
- pay inequalities;
- the prevalence of flexible working practices;
- the extent to which the culture of the City is sexist, and the prevalence of sexual harassment and exploitation.
The committee held the following oral evidence sessions (please click on the link at the top of the page to access the transcripts of these sessions):
Wednesday 14 October, 2.30pm, Wilson Room, Portcullis House
Witnesses: Dr Daniel Ferreira, Reader, Department of Finance, London School of Economics, Professor Charles Goodhart, Professor Emeritus of Banking and Finance, London School of Economics, Kat Banyard, Campaigns Officer, Fawcett Society; Nichola Pease, Deputy Chairman, J O Hambro Capital Management, Dr Ros Altmann, Sandra Curtis, and Clare Dobie, President, Women's City Network; John Last, HR Director for Policy and Employment, Royal Bank of Scotland, Sharron Gunn, Director, Member Services, Institute for Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, and Cathy Turner, Group HR Director, Barclays
Tuesday 20 October, 9.45am, Committee Room 8, Palace of Westminster
Witnesses: Trevor Phillips OBE, Chairman, and Baroness Prosser, Deputy Chairman, Equality and Human Rights Commission, Sarah McCarthy-Fry, Exchequer Secretary, HM Treasury, and Rt Hon Harriet Harman QC MP, Minister for Women and Equality