The House of Commons is piloting unconscious bias training for MPs and has set up a group to tackle racism in parliament after staff raised concerns about discrimination.
Senior members of the Commons Executive Board, including John Benger, the clerk of the House, have expressed solidarity with staff from ethnic minority backgrounds and pledged to make improvements.
Mr Benger is chairing a cross-parliamentary group established in response to the Black Lives Matter movement to help to tackle discrimination and reduce inequality in the Commons.
Staff have submitted evidence for two inquiries into bullying and harassment: the Dame Laura Cox Report in the Commons and one by Naomi Ellenbogen, QC, in the Lords, but are frustrated by the lack of progress since.
The Cox report, which