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| Question ID: |
1762120 |
| UIN: |
902573 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-01-30 |
| Asking Member ID: |
1548 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Jessica Morden
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| Asking Member handle: |
jessicamordenmp
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@jessicamordenmp
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of making care experience a protected characteristic under the Equality Act 2010. |
| Is named day: |
true |
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| Date answered: |
2025-02-05 |
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| Is holding answer: |
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: |
The Equality Act 2010 already protects many care leavers under the indirect discrimination provisions, because a disproportionately high number are likely to be from particular sub groups within characteristics such as race, disability and age. This Gover... |
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| Answering body ID: |
31 |
| Answering body name: |
Women and Equalities |
| Tweeted: |
true |