Equality Law

EDM number 1353 in 2003-04, proposed by Vera Baird on 15/06/2004.

That his House welcomes the new All Party Parliamentary Group on Equalities; notes the considerable progress made by the Government in this area, including its intention to establish a single Commission for Equality and Human Rights; regrets that UK equality legislation is not consistent across the strands of discrimination and is thus unnecessarily complex whilst failing to protect all sectors equally; is concerned that this patchwork of law will undermine the new Commission's ability to enforce and promote equality; and calls on the Government to take the opportunity to simplify, harmonise and extend equality law when it legislates to set up the new Commission.

This motion has been signed by a total of 75 MPs.