In July 2015, the Government Equalities Officer published a memorandum providing a factual account of developments since the Equality Act 2010 received Royal Assent.
Maria Miller was elected as chair of the Women and Equalities Committee in June 2015. The Committee will examine the expenditure, administration and policy of the Government Equalities Office (GEO).
The Scotland Bill 2015 was introduced into Parliament on 28 May 2015. It includes a clause covering the implications for the Scottish Parliament’s competence to legislate on equalities.
On 28 May 2015, the Government published memoranda explaining the government’s assessment of the European Union Referendum Bill.
A government amendment to the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill 2014-2015 will introduce mandatory gender pay reporting for large companies.
Three new projects are at the centre of the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s new Business Plan for 2015/16.
The Scottish Government announced the Equality Budget for 2015-16 in March 2015.
The concluding research from the Social Policy in a Cold Climate programme was published in March 2015.
A Divisional Court judgment of 3 March 2015 ruled that the judicial review regulations that came into force in April 2014 are unlawful.
On 11 March 2015, Baroness Northover delivered the UK statement on gender equality at the 59th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women.
