§ Lord Ouseleyasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they intend to introduce single equalities legislation to tackle the complexities and differential powers involved in anti-discrimination legislation; and, if so, when. [HL4465]
§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Trade and Industry (Lord Sainsbury of Turville)The Government have long recognised concerns about the complexities and differential powers involved in anti-discrimination legislation. We are beginning to consider the best mechanisms for reviewing the evidence of the nature of inequality in our society and the current discrimination legislation framework, taking into account the interest of the many different stakeholders who would be affected by any changes to the current position. We believe the Commission for Equality and Human Rights will have an important role to play in this review and it will separately be empowered to recommend changes to discrimination legislation as it sees fit.