Select Committee · Women and Equalities Committee

Unequal impact: Coronavirus (Covid-19) and the impact on people with protected characteristics

Status: Closed Opened: 30 Mar 2020 Closed: 25 Jan 2021

The Women and Equalities Committee is launching an inquiry. We want to hear about the different and disproportionate impact that the Coronavirus – and measures to tackle it - is having on people with protected characteristics under the Equality Act. Find out more information We have launched three sub-inquries on the impact of Coronavirus (Covid-19): …

Oral evidence sessions

4 sessions
Date Witnesses
10 Jun 2020 Ali Harris · Equally Ours, Emma Boswell · Sense, Professor Lucy Yardley · University of Southampton View ↗
20 May 2020 David Isaac CBE · Equality and Human Rights Commission, Melanie Field · Equality and Human Rights Commission View ↗
6 May 2020 Imran Rasul · Institute for Fiscal Studies, Liz McKeown · Office for National Statistics, Professor Sir Michael Marmot · University College London (UCL) View ↗
22 Apr 2020 The Rt Hon Elizabeth Truss MP · Government Equalities Office View ↗

Correspondence

3 letters
DateDirectionTitle
30 Jun 2020 To cttee Letter from the Equality and Human Rights Commission, relating to Unequal impac…
10 Jun 2020 To cttee Letter from Liz Truss MP concerning Covid-19 equalities assessment
30 Apr 2020 To cttee Letter from the Chair to Liz Truss MP concerning Covid-19 equalities assessment