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1130705

	registered interest
	date	07/06/2019
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Equality Act 2010
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, when she plans to implement section 36 of the Equality Act 2010; and will she make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Riverside
	tabling member printed	Dame Louise Ellman
	uin	261477
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2019 answer text <p>Some parts of Section 36 of the Equality Act 2010 were commenced following Royal Assent to that Act. In March 2018, the Government announced its intention to commence the remaining parts of Section 36 in its response to the Women and Equalities Select Committee report on disability and the built environment. A commencement date will be announced in due course, after further work to identify and assess any additional burdens on local authorities.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 19/06/2019 14:38:43 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	484 label Biography information for Dame Louise Ellman

1081720

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2019
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Equality Act 2010
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Equality Act 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
	tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
	uin	228059
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government published the five-year review of the Equality Act 2010 in July 2015, through a Memorandum to the Women and Equalities Select Committee. We continue to keep the Equality Act 2010 under review, and, look forward to the contribution which the committee’s forthcoming report on Enforcing the Equality Act and the role of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, will make to this process.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 12/03/2019 10:47:32 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips

969040

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2018
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Equality Act 2010
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what progress the Government has made on the implementation of section 36 of the Equality Act 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	171364
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2018 answer text In March this year, the Government announced its intention to commence Section 36 of the Equality Act 2010 in its response to the Women and Equalities Select Committee report on disability and the built environment. The announcement made clear that further work on identifying and assessing any additional burdens on local authorities is first required before a commencement date can be given. We hope to make an announcement on timing of commencement of Section 36 of the Equality Act 2010 as soon as possible. answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 19/09/2018 08:43:54 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

828599

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2018
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Equality Act 2010
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether she plans to review the operation of the Equality Act 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
	tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
	uin	124267
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2018 answer text <p>A post-legislative scrutiny review of the Equality Act 2010 took place in 2015 and is here <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/441838/Memo_to_Women_Equalities.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/441838/Memo_to_Women_Equalities.pdf</a><br>The way that the Act operates is kept under review to ensure that it operates as intended.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 31/01/2018 10:18:13 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

771257

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Equality Act 2010
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Baroness Vere of Norbiton on 16 October, whether the Equality and Human Rights Commission has the power to enforce the Equality Act 2010 in the civil courts where it considers the law has been breached.
	tabling member printed	Lord Lester of Herne Hill
	uin	HL2058
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2017 answer text <p>The enforcement powers of the Equality and Human Rights Commission are set out in sections 20 to 32 of the Equality Act 2006, as amended by the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013. The Commission can investigate an unlawful act (section 20); issue an unlawful act notice (section 21); apply to a court for an action plan from a person served with an unlawful act notice (section 22); seek an injunction where necessary (section 24); provide legal assistance to an individual who is or may become party to legal proceedings (section 28); initiate or intervene in judicial review proceedings (section 30); and issue a compliance notice where it thinks that a public authority has failed to comply with the public sector equality duty (section 32).</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 30/10/2017 17:10:29 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
	tabling member	2037 label Biography information for Lord Lester of Herne Hill

754929

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2017
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Equality Act 2010
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what plans she has to amend the Equalities Act.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
	uin	6697
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2017 answer text <p>The Equality Acts (2006 and 2010) are kept under review in case any amendments should become necessary.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 05/09/2017 13:10:51 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

751745

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2017
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Equality Act 2010
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what recent assessment she has made of the sustainability of the definition of a long-term condition in the Equality Act 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	4895
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>The current definition of ‘long term’ conditions under the Equality Act 2010 allows the courts flexibility when applying the law in individual cases. We recognise that there are concerns that the protections offered by the Act can be hard to access for people with fluctuating conditions. The robustness of the definition is one of the issues we are exploring in our consideration of extending protections from discrimination in the workplace for those with mental health disorders.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 18/07/2017 16:43:04 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

348937

	registered interest
	date	08/06/2015
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Equality Act 2010
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State's contribution of 18 March 2015, Official Report, Column 310 WH, when the five-year review of the Equality Act 2010 will begin; what the terms of reference of that review will be; whether a public consultation will be held as part of that review; and when that review is expected to report.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	1443
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2015 answer text <p>The Government’s contribution to the five-year review of the Equality Act 2010 is a substantive memorandum intended to facilitate post-legislative scrutiny of the Act, which we aim to publish as a Command paper shortly.</p><p>The memorandum will provide Parliament with a factual account of developments since the Act received Royal Assent five years ago. This will include a summary of why the Act was introduced, a breakdown of which elements have or have not come into force, a list of associated secondary legislation, a summary of key case law and a preliminary assessment outlining whether the Act is achieving its stated aims. Parliament will consider this information before deciding whether to gather further evidence on how the Act is operating.</p><p>Further details of the Government’s approach to post-legislative scrutiny is available in the Cabinet Office’s Guide to Making Legislation at <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guide-to-making-legislation" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/guide-to-making-legislation</a></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 16/06/2015 15:32:18 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry