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Make it illegal for a company to require women to wear high heels at work

Submitted by Nicola Thorp on Monday 9th May 2016

Published on Monday 9th May 2016

Current status: Closed

Closed: Wednesday 9th November 2016

Signatures: 152,420

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This petition was debated in Parliament on Monday 6th March 2017

Debate Pack
at the House of Commons Library Official Transcript
at Hansard

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MPs who spoke in the debate

Helen Jones (Warrington North) (Lab)
Ben Howlett (Bath) (Con)
Alex Chalk (Cheltenham) (Con)
Gill Furniss (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough) (Lab)
Liz McInnes (Heywood and Middleton) (Lab)
Kirsten Oswald (East Renfrewshire) (SNP)
Paula Sherriff (Dewsbury) (Lab)
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Women and Equalities (Caroline Dinenage)

MPs are listed in order of first contribution. Normally, either the Speaker (chair) or the person introducing the debate will speak first, and the last to speak will be the minister who responds on behalf of the government.

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