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tabling member › label	Biography information for Chi Onwurah
answer › answer text	%3Cp%3EThe Government is committed to tackling inequality so that everyone can reach their full potential. That is why we have one of the strongest legal frameworks in the world for tackling discrimination and promoting equality for all. The Rooney rule applies specifically to American Football%27s National Football League and the Government has no plans to introduce a similar provision in the UK. I am unable to say whether an assessment of legal practicability has been made because, by convention, the fact that the Law Officers have advised or have not advised and the content of their advice must not be disclosed outside Government without their authority.%3C/p%3E

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647596

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29/11/2016

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Attorney General

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Recruitment: Equality

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To ask the Attorney General, if he will make an assessment of the legal practicability of introducing into UK law something similar to Rooney's law in the US; and if he will make a statement.

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Newcastle upon Tyne Central

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Chi Onwurah

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55346

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is ministerial correction

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02/12/2016

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<p>The Government is committed to tackling inequality so that everyone can reach their full potential. That is why we have one of the strongest legal frameworks in the world for tackling discrimination and promoting equality for all. The Rooney rule applies specifically to American Football's National Football League and the Government has no plans to introduce a similar provision in the UK. I am unable to say whether an assessment of legal practicability has been made because, by convention, the fact that the Law Officers have advised or have not advised and the content of their advice must not be disclosed outside Government without their authority.</p>

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South Swindon

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Robert Buckland

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02/12/2016 16:04:41

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4106

	label	Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland

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	label	Biography information for Chi Onwurah