Question

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will make an assessment of the impact on (a) levels of trust in the Equality and Human Rights Commission on the part of the LGBTQ+ community and (b) public perceptions of the political independence of the Equality and Human Rights Commission of appointments made to the Commission in (i) 2020 and (ii) 2021.

The Equality and Human Rights Commission is an independent public body, and makes its own decisions on how it exercises its functions and its relations with its stakeholders. All public appointments to the EHRC are made in line with the Governance Code on Public Appointments through fair and open competition.