During the course of 2007-2008, the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and the British Council undertook a series of video-conferences exploring the role that parliamentarians can play in addressing diversity. Participants from across the Commonwealth discussed the issues of gender, religious pluralism, disability and indigenous minorities and the main findings and conclusions demonstrated that while there are clear differences in what should be done in relation to gender, religious pluralism, disability and indigenous minorities there are also underlying similarities. However, in order to embed good equality and diversity practices across the Commonwealth, there is a need to understand the differing practices better, and to exchange information on them. In addition, of course, each country has the opportunity to learn from the good practice of others.