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1723989

registered interest
date	29/07/2024
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	LGBT+ People: Equality
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government which abbreviation they prefer to use when referring collectively to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.
tabling member printed	Lord Strathcarron
uin	HL467
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/08/2024 answer text <p>The Government uses the term LGBT+. This reflects the breadth and diversity of the community as well as the preferences of most LGBT+ people. This term also resonates with language used by international partners and institutions. Whilst this is the Government's standard terminology, there may be occasions where it is appropriate to utilise variations that reflect a different focus.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Twycross question first answered 12/08/2024 14:01:36 answering member 4966 label Biography information for Baroness Twycross
tabling member	4937 label Biography information for Lord Strathcarron

1724006

registered interest
date	29/07/2024
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	Sexuality
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they consider Bondage, Domination, Sadism, and Masochism to be a protected characteristic within the meaning of the Equality Act 2010.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jenkin of Kennington
uin	HL428
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/08/2024 answer text <p>The Equality Act (2010) contains nine protected characteristics, which include age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation. Section 12 defines sexual orientation as being an orientation toward people of the same, oppositie, or either sex. The Equality Act protects orientation – sexual acts such as those described are not included within that definition.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Twycross question first answered 12/08/2024 14:03:03 answering member 4966 label Biography information for Baroness Twycross
tabling member	4229 label Biography information for Baroness Jenkin of Kennington

1723411

registered interest
date	25/07/2024
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 and Human Rights Commission: Public Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what her planned timetable is for the appointment of the next chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission.
tabling member constituency	Salisbury
tabling member printed	John Glen
uin	1664
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/08/2024 answer text <p>All appointments, including to the Equality and Human Rights Commission, will be considered in the usual way, in line with the Governance Code on Public Appointments.</p> answering member constituency Oxford East answering member printed Anneliese Dodds question first answered 02/08/2024 13:11:57 answering member 4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds
tabling member	4051 label Biography information for John Glen

1723646

registered interest
date	25/07/2024
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	Conversion Therapy and Gender Recognition
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what responsibilities she has for (a) potential reform of gender recognition laws and (b) banning of conversion practices.
tabling member constituency	Reigate
tabling member printed	Rebecca Paul
uin	1880
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/08/2024 answer text <p>Alongside Bridget Phillipson as Secretary of State with responsibility for Women and Equalities, my department has responsibility for the Government’s equality policy, including on LGBT+ issues.</p><p>Conversion practices are acts that aim to change someone’s sexual orientation or gender identity. Such practices are abuse. They have no place in society and must be stopped. Through the development of the Conversion Practices Bill, this Government will deliver our manifesto commitment to bring forward a full, trans-inclusive ban on these harmful practices.</p><p>We will also modernise, simplify, and reform the intrusive and outdated gender recognition law to a new process. We will remove indignities for trans people who deserve recognition and acceptance; whilst retaining the need for a diagnosis of gender dysphoria from a specialist doctor, enabling access to the healthcare pathway.</p> answering member constituency Oxford East answering member printed Anneliese Dodds question first answered 02/08/2024 13:19:57 answering member 4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds
tabling member	5297

1723708

registered interest
date	25/07/2024
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 Certificates: Young People
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to their plans to lower the voting age to 16, whether they also intend to lower the legal age for (1) applying, or (2) qualifying, for a Gender Recognition Certificate to 16.
tabling member printed	Lord Lucas
uin	HL352
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/08/2024 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to lower the minimum age of application for a Gender Recognition Certificate.</p> answering member printed Baroness Twycross question first answered 07/08/2024 15:54:50 answering member 4966 label Biography information for Baroness Twycross
tabling member	1879 label Biography information for Lord Lucas

1722823

registered interest
date	23/07/2024
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	Travellers: Equality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what account she plans to take of the inequalities experienced by Gypsy, Traveller and Roma communities in the development of the draft Equality (Race and Disability) Bill; and if her Department will consult with Gypsy and Traveller civil society in the development of that Bill.
tabling member constituency	City of Durham
tabling member printed	Mary Kelly Foy
uin	1365
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2024 answer text <p>Our Equality (Race and Disability) Bill will include a range of measures to tackle racial inequality</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We will engage with a wide range of stakeholders while developing the Bill, and will ensure that Gypsy, Traveller and Roma civil society have the opportunity to share their views.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Oxford East answering member printed Anneliese Dodds question first answered 31/07/2024 16:30:17 answering member 4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds
tabling member	4753 label Biography information for Mary Kelly Foy

1722348

registered interest
date	19/07/2024
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	Political Parties: Equality
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to commence section 106 of the Equality Act 2010 relating to political party candidate information and if so, when.
tabling member printed	Baroness Smith of Llanfaes
uin	HL188
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/08/2024 answer text <p>The Government believes that every party standing for elections to the House of Commons, the Scottish Parliament and the Senedd has a duty to demonstrate progress towards better representation. Commencement of section 106 is one way of achieving that and we will set out our plans for this area in due course.</p> answering member printed Baroness Twycross question first answered 02/08/2024 13:44:05 answering member 4966 label Biography information for Baroness Twycross
tabling member	5023 label Biography information for Baroness Smith of Llanfaes

1722217

registered interest
date	18/07/2024
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	Age: Discrimination
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the level of ageism in England and Wales; and whether it is decreasing or increasing.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL144
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/08/2024 answer text <p>Age discrimination that cannot be objectively justified is unacceptable and unlawful across a range of fields under the Equality Act 2010. It is the strong protections in the 2010 Act that enable older people and their representatives to challenge such unlawful behaviour and ultimately seek redress in the courts or, in the case of older workers, an employment tribunal.</p><p>In addition, as regards to the public sector, the Public Sector Equality Duty places a duty on Government Departments, local authorities, the NHS and other bodies to have due regard to meeting equality requirements, including to eliminate unlawful age discrimination, where this is relevant to their policies and activities.</p><p>Age discrimination complaints to an Employment Tribunal stood at 2,434 in the year prior to the pandemic (2019/20) and fell slightly to 2080 in the 12 months to June 2023.</p> answering member printed Baroness Twycross grouped question UIN HL145 question first answered 01/08/2024 12:46:54 answering member 4966 label Biography information for Baroness Twycross
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

1722218

registered interest
date	18/07/2024
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	Age: Discrimination
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effectiveness of current legislation in combating ageism.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL145
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/08/2024 answer text <p>Age discrimination that cannot be objectively justified is unacceptable and unlawful across a range of fields under the Equality Act 2010. It is the strong protections in the 2010 Act that enable older people and their representatives to challenge such unlawful behaviour and ultimately seek redress in the courts or, in the case of older workers, an employment tribunal.</p><p>In addition, as regards to the public sector, the Public Sector Equality Duty places a duty on Government Departments, local authorities, the NHS and other bodies to have due regard to meeting equality requirements, including to eliminate unlawful age discrimination, where this is relevant to their policies and activities.</p><p>Age discrimination complaints to an Employment Tribunal stood at 2,434 in the year prior to the pandemic (2019/20) and fell slightly to 2080 in the 12 months to June 2023.</p> answering member printed Baroness Twycross grouped question UIN HL144 question first answered 01/08/2024 12:46:54 answering member 4966 label Biography information for Baroness Twycross
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

1718310

registered interest
date	15/05/2024
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	Government Equalities Office: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps their Department is taking to support the Disability Confident scheme; how many officials in their Department work directly on supporting that scheme; what assessment they have made of the effectiveness of that work in supporting the (a) recruitment and (b) retention of disabled people in their Department; and what further steps they are taking to support their Department’s recruitment and retention of disabled people.
tabling member constituency	Romsey and Southampton North
tabling member printed	Caroline Nokes
uin	26439
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 23/05/2024 15:25:39 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes