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Unpaid Work: Equality |
| Question ID: |
1826560 |
| UIN: |
HL9894 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-07-24 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4229 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Baroness Jenkin of Kennington
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Baroness Jenkin of Kennington
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government what guidance (1) departments; and (2) the Equality and Human Rights Commission; have issued to (a) public sector, organisations and (b) private-sector, organisations running internships schemes which are not open to certai |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-08-07 |
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false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
269 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Baroness Smith of Malvern
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Baroness Smith of Malvern
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| Answer text: |
The Equality Act 2010 (the Act) prevents employers from treating people more favourably because of a particular protected characteristic. The positive action provisions in the Act along with certain disability provisions allow some limited exceptions to t... |
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| Answering body ID: |
31 |
| Answering body name: |
Women and Equalities |
| Tweeted: |
true |