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347969

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date	02/06/2015
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	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, when she plans to bring forward legislative proposals in relation to caste discrimination in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Islington North
tabling member printed	Jeremy Corbyn
uin	928
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>This Government opposes caste discrimination. We are aware of the Employment Appeal Tribunal judgment in the case of Tirkey v Chandok which opens the possibility that a legal remedy for claims of caste-associated discrimination already exists under current legislation, namely the ethnic origins element of Section 9 of the Equality Act 2010. We are considering the implications of the judgment for discrimination law and specifically for the duty on caste in Section 9 (5) of the Act.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 08/06/2015 11:21:03 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	185 label Biography information for Jeremy Corbyn

167851

registered interest
date	03/12/2014
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	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, pursuant to the Answer of 13 October 2014 to Question 209041, when the final consultation on caste discrimination will be published.
tabling member constituency	Islington North
tabling member printed	Jeremy Corbyn
uin	217135
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2014 answer text <p>We are currently considering the form and timing of the public consultation in the light of ongoing caste discrimination litigation in the Employment Appeal Tribunal. We will await the outcome of the judgment before deciding in what form to issue the public consultation</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 09/12/2014 19:55:07 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles previous answer version 32604 answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	185 label Biography information for Jeremy Corbyn

91574

registered interest
date	10/09/2014
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	To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, when she expects the Government's programme of research into caste discrimination to be completed.
tabling member constituency	Islington North
tabling member printed	Jeremy Corbyn
uin	209041
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>The Government has recently commissioned a consortium of TNS, BRMB and NIESR to conduct a feasibility study into how it might be possible to estimate the extent of any caste-based discrimination in Britain. The consortium is due to present its final report to Government in November.</p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 13/10/2014 13:52:12 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	185 label Biography information for Jeremy Corbyn

91575

registered interest
date	10/09/2014
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	To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, what discussions the Government has had with the Equalities and Human Rights Commission on research into caste discrimination.
tabling member constituency	Islington North
tabling member printed	Jeremy Corbyn
uin	209040
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>Since April 2013, the Government has had numerous discussions with the Equality and Human Rights Commission (the EHRC) about research into caste discrimination.</p><p> </p><p>Most of these discussions have concerned the work leading up to the EHRC-commissioned research reports – the ‘Socio-legal review’ and the ‘Experts’ Seminar and Stakeholder Workshop’. These reports looked at issues surrounding caste in Britain and were published in February 2014 as part of its Caste in Britain project. Discussion took place about the reports themselves and about the planned follow-up research which the EHRC was initially due to undertake to determine the extent of any caste discrimination in Britain but which it subsequently withdrew from earlier this year.</p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 13/10/2014 13:51:24 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	185 label Biography information for Jeremy Corbyn

58211

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
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	To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, if he will make it his policy that the Government adopt when designing domestic policy the same gender equality provisions as contained in the International (Gender Equality) Act 2014 for development assistance provision.
tabling member constituency	Islington North
tabling member printed	Jeremy Corbyn
uin	198707
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p>Public bodies in England, Scotland and Wales are subject to the s149 of the Equality Act 2010 (Public Sector Equality Duty), which requires them to have to due regard to the need to advance equality of opportunity between different groups, for example between men and women in carrying out their functions including policy development.</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 11/06/2014 15:00:36 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
tabling member	185 label Biography information for Jeremy Corbyn

50418

registered interest
date	08/05/2014
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, when the Government plans to introduce regulations under the Equalities Act to prevent discrimination by caste and descent.
tabling member constituency	Islington North
tabling member printed	Jeremy Corbyn
uin	198276
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p>There is a lack of certainty on some intrinsic issues around caste, such as what it is and how it is manifested, partly because there had never been any form of public consultation on caste. It was accepted therefore by both Front Benches during the Parliamentary debate on this issue last year that the whole process, up to and including the commencement of legislation, would take time and should include a consultation on the proposed legislation. The Government is currently considering two issues which have developed and which have potential implications for the consultation stage. We would expect the public consultation document, including our conclusions on these matters, to issue in the Autumn. We will then be in a position to consider plans to introduce regulations. You may also wish to note the answer given to Lord Avebury by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, which can be found in the Official Report for 6 May 2014, Col 331-2.</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
tabling member	185 label Biography information for Jeremy Corbyn