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<p>In common with other such Plans which it has published, the EHRC’s Strategic Plan
2016-19 sets priority areas and intended actions for the Commission’s own work over
the three years in question, but does not make recommendations either for Government
or for other EHRC stakeholders. The relevant Priority Area (“Citizenship and Democracy”)
of the EHRC’s Strategic Plan 2016-19 accordingly commits it to <em>“focus on delivering
improvements in relation to political representation and civic participation; anti-extremism
and anti-terrorism legislation and surveillance powers; and freedom of expression
and freedom to associate in a trade union.”</em></p><p>The Government notes these
commitments, but has not made an assessment of their merits in tackling the barriers
facing women in politics and public life, or of whether they support aspects of the
Equality Act 2010 such as Section 106. It is for the EHRC, as an independent public
authority, to progress the commitments as it sees fit.</p>
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