This section has a range of speeches given by commissioners and senior staff, covering a wide range of topics. This includes some speeches given in the months immediately prior to the official launch of the Commission on 1 October 2007. We post speeches to this section as soon as possible after they have been delivered.
EACH's Parliamentary reception on homophobic bullying
Speech by Trevor Phillips, Thursday 27 November 2008
Citizens Advice Service Annual Conference
Speech by Trevor Phillips, Thursday 25 September.
CBI migration summit
Speech by Trevor Phillips, Tuesday 28 October 2008, Hotel Russell, London
Fairness Contract
Speech by Trevor Phillips, Monday 21 July 2008, QEII centre, London
From compensation to capability - disabled people, work and well-being
Speech by Neil Crowther, Disability Programme Director at the Beginnings reception, House of Commons, London, 8 July 2008
Nicola Brewer's speech at the launch of the 'Working Better Consultation with with Mumsnet.com and Dad Info at the Immarsat Conference Centre
London 14 July 2008
Trevor Phillips' speech at the Unison Conference
Bournemouth, 20 June 2008
Trevor Phillips' speech at the Leeds Social Sciences Institute
Tuesday 17 June 2008
Trevor Phillips' speech at the TUC Disability Conference
Congress House, London, 21 May 2008
Jane Campbell’s response to the government’s consultation on the future of social care.
Government stakeholder event to launch six month deliberative period on the future of adult social care, 12 May 2008.
We need a ‘radical rethink’ around employment practices to help mentally ill at work.
Speech by Trevor Phillips at the Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health, 7 May 2008
Fighting for a slice, or for a bigger cake?
Jane Campbell's lecture at St John’s College, Cambridge, 29 April 2008
Not A River of Blood, But A Tide of Hope. Managed Immigration, Active Integration
Trevor Phillips' speech to mark the 40th anniversary of Enoch Powell’s infamous “rivers of blood” speech. Birmingham, 20 April 2008
Trevor Phillips' speech at the Stonewall Workplace Conference
Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, 16 April 2008
Difference and Prosperity: Creating an Ambitious and Fair Scotland
Trevor Phillips' speech at the Annual Forum of the Scottish Council for Development and Industry, 14 March 2008
‘Enlightenment values’
Commissioner Francesca Klug's speech from the Open to Question debate, 26 February 2008
Religion, belief and the rule of law
Trevor Phillips' remarks at the first Open to Question debate, 26 February 2008
Lost and found: Taking disability equality and human rights into the equalities family
Commissioner Baroness Jane Campbell, 22 February 2008
Social care as an equality and human rights issue
Commissioner Baroness Jane Campbell, 19 February 2008
CWU Black Workers' Conference
Trevor Phillips, 2 February 2008
People On the Move: More Different, More Unequal
Trevor Phillips, 15 January 2008
Daring to be Different 2007
Trevor Phillips, 12 December 2007
Diversity in London
Trevor Phillips, 10 December 2007
Sheffield Hallam University: the Age of Difference
Trevor Phillips, 27 November 2007
Runnymede Trust conference: Promoting community cohesion through schools
Trevor Phillips, 26 November 2007
European year of equal opportunities for all - Lisbon conference
Trevor Phillips, 19 November 2007
Local Government Association/ European Year of Equal Opportunities for All
Trevor Phillips, 1 November 2007
Bevan foundation annual lecture
Trevor Phillips, 23 October 2007
Times Responsible Business
Trevor Phillips, 12 October 2007
Britain's New Commission for Equality and Human Rights: Challenges and Opportunities
Trevor Phillips keynote speech to the Human Rights Lawyers' Association on 15 June 2007
Speech to the Joseph Roundtree Foundation’s conference launching ‘Poverty: does ethnicity matter?’
Trevor Phillips, Chair
Speech to joint conference of Employment Lawyers’ Association, Industrial Law Society, Discrimination Law Association and Employment Law Bar Association
Trevor Phillips, Chair
Local Government Chronicle's conference on the Equalities Review
Trevor Phillips, Chair
Speech by Scotland Commissioner Morag Alexander
The Gathering, SECC, 25 May 2007
Crossing the Strands: Equality Network 2007 Annual Conference
Morag Alexander, Scotland Commissioner
Disability Equality In Scotland
Morag Alexander, Scotland Commissioner
Rights, Representation, Recognition, Respect: Making it Reality
Margaret Prosser’s speech to AGE UK Age Discrimination/European Year conference
European Year of Equal Opportunities event in London
Commissioner Baroness Sally Greengross