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date	21/01/2020
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	Assistance Animals
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to amend the Equality Act 2010 to give the same rights to owners of emotional support animals as those who own certified assistance animals.
tabling member printed	Baroness Brady
uin	HL609
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2020 answer text <p>The Equality Act 2010 requires service providers to make reasonable adjustments for their disabled users and customers so that they are not disadvantaged compared with people who are not disabled. This requirement includes permitting access to assistance dogs where reasonable. If a person meets the Act’s definition of disability and has an emotional support animal to help them manage that disability, they should ask the service provider to consider allowing access to the animal.</p><p>Other than in relation to taxis, the Equality Act does not refer to assistance dogs or any other specific form of support or facility for disabled people, because each reasonable adjustment must be considered on its merits and in the context of the particular circumstances of the case. We therefore have no plans to include emotional support dogs in the Act, as this would be at odds with the basic and long-standing basis of the legislation.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 05/02/2020 11:36:15 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4339 label Biography information for Baroness Brady

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date	10/07/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Assistance Animals
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to convert EU Regulation 178/2002 into UK law; and, if so, whether arrangements have been made to replace the European Food Safety Authority's role in research, data collection, risk prevention and crisis management in the food industry.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town
uin	HL609
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>The Repeal Bill will convert European Union law into United Kingdom law where appropriate; it aims to maximise certainty for individuals and businesses as we leave the EU. EU Regulation 178/2002 is being considered as part of this exercise.</p><p> </p><p>Departments are currently working to understand the impacts that withdrawal from the EU will have across a number of areas; the European Food Safety Authority will form part of this work.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 19/07/2017 11:04:11 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	4159 label Biography information for Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town