HL Deb 23 October 2003 vol 653 c188WA
Lord Lester of Herne Hill

asked Her Majesty's Government

Further to the Written Answer by the Baroness Scotland of Asthal on 17 september (WA 179), whether, and if so how, the amendments made to the Race Relations Act 1976 by the 2003 regulation are compatible with the right to equality before the law and the equal protection of the law, including the right to equal treatment before Employment Tribunals, for non-white individuals as well as white individuals. [HL4618]

The Minister of State, Home Office (Baroness Scotland of Asthal)

The amendments apply in the same way to non-white individuals as they apply to white individuals in as much as the RRA itself applies equally to white and non-white individuals.

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