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date	12/04/2021
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	Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to the report of the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities published on 31 March 2021, to what extent that Commission participated and engaged with (a) people and (b) organisations in order for those people and organisations to be listed in (i) Appendix C: commissioned research and (ii) Appendix D: Stakeholders of that report.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	179517
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2021 answer text <p>The Commission sought new and existing research and analysis from individuals and organisations to aid their work – they are listed in ‘Appendix C: Commissioned research’ of the Commission’s report.</p><p>The Commission met with many individuals and organisations during the course of its work, either to hear evidence or to discuss recommendations – they are listed in ‘Appendix D: Stakeholders’ of the Commission’s report.</p><p>To note – the Commission included names of individuals and organisations in the Appendices of the report to acknowledge and thank them for their contributions as a courtesy – and advises that their being named should not be taken as an endorsement.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 20/04/2021 16:46:53 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1308016

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date	12/04/2021
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 Act 2010
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward amendments to the Equality Act 2010 to include caste as a protected characteristic.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	179578
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2021 answer text <p>This Government completely opposes any discrimination because of a person’s origins, including any perceptions of their caste.</p><p>The <em>Tirkey v Chandhok</em> case in 2014 established that it is likely that anyone who believes that they have been discriminated against because of caste could bring a race discrimination claim under the existing ethnic origins limb of the race provisions in the Equality Act because of their descent.</p><p>The Government considers, having also taken into account over 16,000 responses to a 2017 consultation on this issue, that the <em>Tirkey </em>judgment serves as a welcome clarification of the existing protection under the Equality Act – helping to deter those inclined to treat others unfairly or unequally because of conceptions of caste.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 20/04/2021 16:45:32 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper