§ Composition
- Secretary of State for Employment (chairman)
- Paymaster General
- Minister of State, Welsh Office
- Minister of State, Department for Education
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Consumer Affairs and Small Firms, Department of Trade and Industry
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Social Security
- Parliamentary Secretary, Office of the Minister for the Civil Service
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Scottish Office Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Northern Ireland Office
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Employment
§ The Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Home Office and the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of the Environment will also receive papers and be invited to attend as necessary.
§ Terms of reference
§ "To review and develop the Government's policy and strategy on issues of special concern to women: to oversee their implementation; and to report as necessary to the Ministerial Committee on Home and Social Affairs."