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<p>During the passage of the EU (Withdrawal) Act 2018 in the Commons the Government
committed to providing a statement about the impact of all EU exit bills on equalities
legislation (which includes provisions on disability as a protected characteristic).
The Government’s commitment requires the relevant Minister to make and publish a statement
for each EU exit bill indicating:</p><ol><li><p>whether the bill amends, repeals or
revokes any part of the Equality Acts 2006 or 2010 or any secondary legislation made
under those Acts and, if it does make such changes, an explanation of the effect of
each change; and</p></li><li><p>that in relation to the policy which is given effect
by the Bill, the relevant Minister “has had due regard to the need to eliminate discrimination,
harassment, victimisation and any other conduct that is prohibited by or under the
Equality Act 2010.”</p></li><li><p>that the Government will be making such a statement
in respect of the WAB (which will be set out in the Explanatory Notes accompanying
the Bill on its introduction); and this analysis has been carried out to inform decision-making
on the Withdrawal Agreement and as preparation for the equality statement.</p></li></ol><p>The
UK Government is committed to ensuring that there is no regression in equalities as
we leave the EU. The Equality Act 2010 sets out wide-ranging equalities protections,
and incorporates virtually all existing EU equalities law and Court of Justice of
the European Union (CJEU) case law. In some areas, domestic legislation goes further
than EU requirements - for example the public sector equality duty, which places a
duty on public authorities to consider how their policies or decisions would affect
people who are protected under the Equality Act. There are also domestic requirements
that ensure non-discrimination in access to goods and services on grounds of disability.</p><p>
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