Equality And Human Rights Commission
EDM number 215 in 2009-10, proposed by Keith Vaz on 24/11/2009.
Categorised under the topic of Equality.
That this House commends the work of the Equality and Human Rights Commission under the Chairmanship of Trevor Phillips; notes and applauds the efforts of the Commission in forcing the British National Party to accept that they should obey equality law; further notes that the use of power by the Commission to intervene in court proceedings, unveiling the fact that the gender gap in financial services is double that in the rest of the economy and proposing new measures to tackle this gap; and supports the Commission's campaign for the Heyday Case which has led to a Government review of the mandatory age of retirement.
This motion has been signed by a total of 20 MPs.
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