Equality Bill

On Friday 24th April 2009 the Equality Bill was introduced in the House of Commons and it was published on Monday 27th April.

Please see below for more information, documents and relevant downloads:

• The Equality Bill and Explanatory Notes (Links to external site.)
• A Fairer Future- The Equality Bill and other action to make equality a reality
• Impact Assessment
• Equality Impact Assessment
• A Fairer Future- Welsh
• Assessing the Impact of a Multiple Discrimination Provision 
• Memorandum for the Joint Committee on Human Rights
• Equality Bill - submitting written evidence to the Public Bill Committee. It is open to any organisation or individual to provide written evidence to the Public Bill Committee which has been set up to consider the Equality Bill, following its Second Reading. Such evidence should be submitted direct to the Parliamentary Scrutiny Unit which can also help with any queries about submitting a memorandum to the Public Bill Committee. Details are as follows: Guidance can be obtained from the Scrutiny Unit's website at http://www.parliament.uk/parliamentary_committees/scrutinyunit/gws.cfm
• Equality Bill- House of Commons Amendments (19 May 2009)
• Potential Intersectional Discrimination cases
• The Equality Bill: Duty To Reduce Socio-Economic Inequalities
• Equality Bill: Making it work Policy proposals for specific duties. Policy Statement

House of Lords versions:

• Equality Bill- Equality Impact Assessment
• Equality Bill- Impact Assessment
• Equality Bil- Easy Read

Consultation Documents:

• Specific Duties Consultation Document
• Age Consultation Document

Responses:

• Equality Bill: Multiple Discrimination Summary of Response (Oct 2009)

If you would like one of these documents in an alternative format you can request this by email to enquiries@geo.gsi.gov.uk or by calling the GEO enquiry line on 0207 944 0601.

Click here to view the press release.

Equality Bill events:

The GEO held a series of public events around the country in September 2009 providing information about the Equality Bill and related consultations.  Please click here to see the outcomes of the events.

If you have a request for a GEO representative to attend or speak at your event, please use the events form.

Older documents:

• Framework for a Fairer Future, June2008
• Government's response to the consulation, July 2008
• The Regulatory Impact Assessment (Original)., 2007