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1029158

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2018
	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	Castes: Discrimination
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What progress the Government has made on repealing the duty under the amendment to section 9 of the Equality Act 2010 in relation to caste discrimination.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow East
	tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
	uin	908344
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>We intend to legislate to repeal the caste duty as soon as we have a suitable legislative vehicle and parliamentary time, and we expect to publish guidance on caste and the Equality Act before the summer.</p><p> </p><p>My Hon Friend will know that I have been determined to ensure this issue is resolved since I became Minister for Women and Equalities.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 20/12/2018 12:04:29 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

1088614

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2019
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps she is taking to maintain equalities protections in law after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
	tabling member printed	Tommy Sheppard
	uin	909792
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2019 answer text <p>The UK has some of the strongest anti-discrimination laws in Europe; not only will leaving the EU not change this, but we are committed to ensuring workers’ rights – including anti-discrimination rights - keep pace with the changing needs of the labour market.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 14/03/2019 17:57:09 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4453 label Biography information for Tommy Sheppard

1122959

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2019
	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	Period Poverty
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	When the Government plans to establish the taskforce to tackle period poverty in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
	tabling member printed	Janet Daby
	uin	910544
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2019 answer text <p>The first meeting of the taskforce will be in June. Over the last couple of months we have been consulting with a number of charities and other experts on the most effective way for us to use the taskforce.</p><p> </p><p>I will be chairing the taskforce alongside two leading experts in the sector, alongside a number of enthusiastic and skilled experts. The taskforce will build on and promote the great work being done by individual organisations, supporting local partners to make their work more than the sum of its parts.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 25/04/2019 13:26:16 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby

1122960

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2019
	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	Gender Recognition Act 2004
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	When the Government plans to publish its response to the Gender Recognition Act consultation.
	tabling member constituency	Heywood and Middleton
	tabling member printed	Liz McInnes
	uin	910545
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2019 answer text <p>We have had an exceptional response rate to the consultation on the Gender Recognition Act, receiving over 100,000 responses. We are currently analysing all of these contributions and we intend to publish a response later this year.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 25/04/2019 13:51:12 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4342 label Biography information for Liz McInnes