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Assistance Animals: Business Premises |
| Question ID: |
1743506 |
| UIN: |
15568 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2024-11-21 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5142 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Abtisam Mohamed
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Abtisam Mohamed
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to ensure that businesses comply with the Equality Act 2010 by allowing people with sight loss to enter their premises with an assistance dog. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2024-11-29 |
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false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4657 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Anneliese Dodds
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Anneliese Dodds
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| Answer text: |
Under the Equality Act 2010, businesses and public bodies that provide goods and services to the public must not unlawfully discriminate against disabled people, including those with assistance dogs.The Act places a duty on service providers to make reaso... |
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| Answering body ID: |
31 |
| Answering body name: |
Women and Equalities |
| Tweeted: |
true |