Duty To Promote Gender Equality

EDM number 1428 in 2003-04, proposed by Angela Eagle on 30/06/2004.

That this House welcomes the publication of the White Paper, Fairness for All: A New Commission for Equality and Human Rights, published by the Department of Trade and Industry on 12th May, and wholeheartedly supports the Government's aim to create a fairer and more inclusive Britain; notes that recent statistics on the stubborn persistence of the gender pay gap demonstrate the need to make mechanisms protecting women from being discriminated against in pay purely on the grounds of their gender easier to understand and to use; believes that part of the solution is the introduction of a duty to promote gender equality similar to that enacted to combat racial discrimination in the Race Relations Amendment Act 2000 and that present in the draft Disability Discrimination Bill; further believes that the forthcoming Bill creating the Single Commission for Equality and Human Rights is the ideal legislative vehicle to introduce the positive duty to promote gender equality which has been promised since 1999; and calls upon the Government to include this public duty in the forthcoming Bill.

This motion has been signed by a total of 124 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Angela Eagle	30/06/2004	Wallasey	Labour	Proposed
Lorna Fitzsimons	30/06/2004	Rochdale	Labour	Signed
Louise Ellman	30/06/2004	Liverpool, Riverside	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Gwyneth Dunwoody	30/06/2004	Crewe & Nantwich	Labour	Signed
Frank Dobson	30/06/2004	Holborn & St Pancras	Labour	Signed
Jim Cunningham	30/06/2004	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	30/06/2004	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Jon Cruddas	30/06/2004	Dagenham	Labour	Signed
Michael Connarty	30/06/2004	Falkirk East	Labour	Signed
Karen Buck	30/06/2004			Signed
Chris Bryant	30/06/2004	Rhondda	Labour	Signed
Kevin Brennan	30/06/2004	Cardiff West	Labour	Signed
Albert Owen	30/06/2004	Ynys M	Labour	Signed
George Foulkes	30/06/2004	Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Neil Gerrard	30/06/2004	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Shaun Woodward	30/06/2004	St Helens South	Labour	Signed
David Winnick	30/06/2004	Walsall North	Labour	Signed
Dave Watts	30/06/2004	St Helens North	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	30/06/2004	North West Leicestershire	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Howard Stoate	30/06/2004	Dartford	Labour	Signed
Bob Blizzard	30/06/2004	Waveney	Labour	Signed
Clive Betts	30/06/2004	Sheffield, Attercliffe	Labour	Signed
Anne Begg	30/06/2004	Aberdeen South	Labour	Signed
Vera Baird	30/06/2004	Redcar	Labour	Signed
Candy Atherton	30/06/2004	Falmouth & Camborne	Labour	Signed
Janet Anderson	30/06/2004	Rossendale & Darwen	Labour	Signed
Irene Adams	30/06/2004	Paisley North	Labour	Signed
Diana Organ	30/06/2004	Forest of Dean	Labour	Signed
Kali Mountford	30/06/2004	Colne Valley	Labour	Signed
Chris Mole	30/06/2004	Ipswich	Labour	Signed
Helen Jackson	30/06/2004	Sheffield, Hillsborough	Labour	Signed
George Howarth	30/06/2004	Knowsley North & Sefton East	Labour	Signed
David Hinchliffe	30/06/2004	Wakefield	Labour	Signed
Dennis Skinner	30/06/2004	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	30/06/2004	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Clare Short	30/06/2004	Birmingham, Ladywood	Labour	Signed
Brian Sedgemore	30/06/2004	Hackney South & Shoreditch	Labour	Signed
Ernie Ross	30/06/2004	Dundee West	Labour	Signed
Terry Rooney	30/06/2004	Bradford North	Labour	Signed
Ken Purchase	30/06/2004	Wolverhampton North East	Labour/Co-operative	Signed
Greg Pope	30/06/2004	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
Julie Morgan	30/06/2004	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	30/06/2004	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Helen Jones	30/06/2004	Warrington North	Labour	Signed
Michael Meacher	30/06/2004	Oldham West & Royton	Labour	Signed
Rosemary McKenna	30/06/2004	Cumbernauld & Kilsyth	Labour	Signed
Ann McKechin	30/06/2004	Glasgow, Maryhill	Labour	Signed
Gordon Marsden	30/06/2004	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
Alice Mahon	30/06/2004	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Ian Lucas	30/06/2004	Wrexham	Labour	Signed
Andrew Love	30/06/2004	Edmonton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Kevan Jones	30/06/2004	North Durham	Labour	Signed
Sally Keeble	30/06/2004	Northampton North	Labour	Signed
Peter Kilfoyle	30/06/2004	Liverpool, Walton	Labour	Signed
Tom Levitt	30/06/2004	High Peak	Labour	Signed
Tony Lloyd	30/06/2004	Manchester Central	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	01/07/2004	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Harry Barnes	01/07/2004	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	01/07/2004	Burton	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	01/07/2004	Gower	Labour	Signed
Kevin McNamara	01/07/2004	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Glenda Jackson	01/07/2004	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	01/07/2004	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Stephen Hesford	01/07/2004	Wirral West	Labour	Signed
John Austin	05/07/2004	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Sandra Gidley	05/07/2004	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Derek Foster	05/07/2004	Bishop Auckland	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	05/07/2004	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Hilton Dawson	05/07/2004	Lancaster & Wyre	Labour	Signed
Tony Banks	05/07/2004	West Ham	Labour	Signed
Roger Berry	05/07/2004	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
Harold Best	05/07/2004	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	05/07/2004	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Joan Walley	05/07/2004	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
Alan Whitehead	05/07/2004	Southampton, Test	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	05/07/2004	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Valerie Davey	05/07/2004	Bristol West	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	05/07/2004	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Ann Clwyd	05/07/2004	Cynon Valley	Labour	Signed
Colin Pickthall	05/07/2004	West Lancashire	Labour	Signed
Linda Perham	05/07/2004	Ilford North	Labour	Signed
Joyce Quin	05/07/2004	Gateshead East & Washington West	Labour	Signed
Phil Sawford	05/07/2004	Kettering	Labour	Signed
Clive Soley	05/07/2004			Signed
Beverley Hughes	05/07/2004	Stretford & Urmston	Labour	Signed
Eric Martlew	05/07/2004	Carlisle	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	05/07/2004	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	05/07/2004	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Colin Challen	05/07/2004	Morley & Rothwell	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	05/07/2004	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
David Clelland	05/07/2004	Tyne Bridge	Labour	Signed
David Borrow	06/07/2004	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	06/07/2004	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
David Drew	06/07/2004	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Nigel Jones	06/07/2004	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lynne Jones	06/07/2004	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Lady Hermon	06/07/2004	North Down	UUP	Signed
Dennis Turner	07/07/2004	Wolverhampton South East	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Mike Hancock	07/07/2004	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Huw Edwards	07/07/2004	Monmouth	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	07/07/2004	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Tony Clarke	07/07/2004	Northampton South	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	07/07/2004	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Chris Smith	07/07/2004	Islington South & Finsbury	Labour	Signed
Stephen Pound	07/07/2004	Ealing North	Labour	Signed
Joan Humble	08/07/2004	Blackpool North & Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
Claire Curtis-Thomas	08/07/2004	Crosby	Labour	Signed
Martin O'Neill	12/07/2004	Ochil	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	12/07/2004	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Rob Marris	12/07/2004	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Anne Campbell	13/07/2004	Cambridge	Labour	Signed
David Hamilton	13/07/2004	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Gregory Campbell	14/07/2004	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Annabelle Ewing	14/07/2004	Perth	Scottish National Party	Signed
Bill Tynan	15/07/2004	Hamilton South	Labour	Signed
Win Griffiths	15/07/2004	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Peter Pike	15/07/2004	Burnley	Labour	Signed
David Heyes	20/07/2004	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Doug Naysmith	20/07/2004	Bristol North West	Labour Co-operative	Signed
John Cryer	20/07/2004	Hornchurch	Labour	Signed
Mohammad Sarwar	21/07/2004	Glasgow, Govan	Labour	Signed
David Chaytor	21/07/2004	Bury North	Labour	Signed
Sue Doughty	07/09/2004	Guildford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Barrett	14/09/2004	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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