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registered interest
date	12/10/2020
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	Equality Act 2010
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to the Written Statement of 22 September 2020 entitled Government Equalities Office Update, HCWS462 what steps she is taking to help ensure that (a) her Department, (b) the Equality and Human Rights Commission and (c) other public bodies produce statutory guidance on the provision of single-sex exemptions consistent with the Equality Act 2010.
tabling member constituency	Battersea
tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
uin	102157
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2020 answer text <p>The government believes that the protection of single-sex spaces, as provided for in the Equality Act, is important. The Act makes clear that providers have the right to restrict the use of spaces on the basis of sex, and exclude transgender people, with or without a Gender Recognition Certificate, if this is justified.</p><p>At this stage, we are not proposing further legislative guidance but we will keep this under review. The Equality and Human Rights Commission is independent of the government and makes its own decisions in relation to drafting the guidance that it creates and publishes.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 29/10/2020 17:45:29 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1242594

registered interest
date	12/10/2020
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	Equality Act 2010
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what progress her Department has made on enacting Section 106 of the Equality Act 2010.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	102118
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2020 answer text <p>The Government continues to keep section 106 of the Equality Act 2010 under review but is of the view that political parties should lead the way in improving diverse electoral representation through their selection of candidates.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch grouped question UIN 100408 question first answered 22/10/2020 10:11:50 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1238823

registered interest
date	29/09/2020
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	Equality Act 2010
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what progress her Department has made on bringing section 106 of the Equality Act 2010 into force.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North East
tabling member printed	Anne McLaughlin
uin	96951
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2020 answer text <p>The Government keeps section 106 of the Equality Act 2010 under review but has no current plans for it to be commenced. We encourage political parties to lead the way in improving diverse electoral representation through their selection of candidates and we are happy to engage political parties and civil society groups on how best those responsibilities can be fulfilled.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch grouped question UIN 96952 question first answered 19/10/2020 18:27:29 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4437 label Biography information for Anne McLaughlin

1238825

registered interest
date	29/09/2020
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	Equality Act 2010
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what discussions she has had with representatives of (a) political parties and (b) civil society groups on the enactment of section 106 of the Equality Act 2010.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North East
tabling member printed	Anne McLaughlin
uin	96952
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2020 answer text <p>The Government keeps section 106 of the Equality Act 2010 under review but has no current plans for it to be commenced. We encourage political parties to lead the way in improving diverse electoral representation through their selection of candidates and we are happy to engage political parties and civil society groups on how best those responsibilities can be fulfilled.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch grouped question UIN 96951 question first answered 19/10/2020 18:27:29 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4437 label Biography information for Anne McLaughlin

1220908

registered interest
date	06/07/2020
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	Equality Act 2010
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 3 June 2020 to Question 46100 on Equality Act 2010, what the timeframe is for identifying the additional costs that local authorities may incur.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	69601
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2020 answer text <p>Section 36 of the Equality Act cannot commence for private companies before an assessment of local authority costs is made. This is because Section 36 applies to all types of landlords; commencement of Section 36 may require local authorities to meet additional costs regardless of the type of landlord. Departments continue to engage on quantifying additional costs.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch grouped question UIN 63372 63378 question first answered 09/07/2020 16:46:54 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1216768

registered interest
date	23/06/2020
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	Equality Act 2010
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, pursuant to Answer of 3 June 2020 to Question 46100, what the timescale is for her Department to quantify the additional costs that may be incurred by local authorities.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	63372
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2020 answer text <p>Section 36 of the Equality Act cannot commence for private companies before an assessment of local authority costs is made. This is because Section 36 applies to all types of landlords; commencement of Section 36 may require local authorities to meet additional costs regardless of the type of landlord. Departments continue to engage on quantifying additional costs.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch grouped question UIN 63378 69601 question first answered 09/07/2020 16:46:54 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1216870

registered interest
date	23/06/2020
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	Equality Act 2010
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 3 June 2020 to Question 46100, whether section 36 of the Equalities Act 2010 can commence for private companies before any assessment of local authority costs is made.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	63378
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2020 answer text <p>Section 36 of the Equality Act cannot commence for private companies before an assessment of local authority costs is made. This is because Section 36 applies to all types of landlords; commencement of Section 36 may require local authorities to meet additional costs regardless of the type of landlord. Departments continue to engage on quantifying additional costs.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch grouped question UIN 63372 69601 question first answered 09/07/2020 16:46:54 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1194953

registered interest
date	12/05/2020
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	Equality Act 2010
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 5 May to Question 39526 on Equality Act 2010, what criteria her Department used to decide on the timeframe for the commencement of the provisions of the Equalities Act 2010.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	46100
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2020 answer text <p>My Department and others involved are working to quantify the additional costs that a commencement of the remainder of Section 36 of the Equality Act 2010 may require local authorities to meet. Agreement on this figure, and whether and how best such costs can be met, will be a key factor in determining the timescale for commencement.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 03/06/2020 10:33:40 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire