R&R Joint Committee to hear from staff representatives

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The Committee will hear from the Members and Peers Staff Association, the Trade Union Side and ParliAble – the Workplace Equality Network focussed on supporting disabled staff and Members.

The Committee will ask the witnesses a range of questions including:

• Staff's priorities for R&R both in terms decant and when Parliament returns to the Palace of Westminster.
• How well staff have been engaged with R&R so far and how best can staff be engaged with the programme.
• How staff can be encouraged to engage with a programme that might outlive their own time working in Parliament.
• Whether the R&R Sponsor Body include a member with the specific responsibility of representing staff

The evidence session will start at 10:00am on Wednesday 6 February in Committee Room 15. The witnesses giving evidence will be:

• Georgina Kester, Chairman, Members' and Peers' Staff Association
• Ken Gall, President, Trade Union Side
• Sean House, Co-Chair, ParliAble

Further information

• About Parliament: Select committees
• Visiting Parliament: Watch committees

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