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<p>The Equality and Human Rights Commission is the regulator for the public sector
equality duty set out in section 149 of the Equality Act 2010. The Commission uses
a range of levers to ensure local authorities and other public bodies comply with
the requirements of the duty, from provision of guidance through to enforcement activity
where it considers there to be a strategic benefit.</p><p>In light of the Brighton
University report highlighted by the Honourable Member, the Commission will be writing
to the Local Government Association (LGA) drawing its attention to the findings of
the research and of the Commission’s evidence of the key equality challenges facing
lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, and asking the LGA to remind local
authorities of their legal obligations under the public sector equality duty.</p>
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