Read: Dame Caroline Dinenage elected Chair of the Culture, Media and Sport Committee

Senior MP and Purpose Coalition supporter, Dame Caroline Dinenage has been elected as Chair of the influential Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee in Parliament. 

Last week, Dame Caroline launched the Purpose Coalition’s latest campaign alongside former Apprenticeship and Health Minister Rt Hon Anne Milton, encouraging people across the country to take up jobs in their local NHS as a great place to progress a career. Dame Caroline has backed the cross-sector nature of the Coalition, developing solutions for improving the role that organisations can play for their customers, colleagues and communities. 

Dame Caroline served as Minister for Women and Equalities, working with Purpose Coalition Chair Rt Hon Justine Greening to implement Gender Pay Gap reporting regulations which came into force in April 2017. She also previously served as a Minister at the Department for Health, and, most recently, as Minister of State for Digital and Culture. 

The Committee was established by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak earlier this year, as part of a wider re-organisation of government. 

Speaking after her election, Dame Caroline Dinenage said: 

“I’m delighted to be given the chance to lead the committee in standing up for the culture, media and sport sectors, which are hugely important both economically and for communities across the country. I’m looking forward to getting down to scrutinising the Government to ensure it delivers on everything from gambling regulation and football governance reform through to bolstering support for our world-renowned creative industries.”