AQW 264/17-22 Written question to the First Minister and deputy First Minister
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to outline the plans that are in place to bring forward a single equality bill in order to harmonise and simplify legislative equality protections whilst ensuring they are fit for purpose.
Asked by Andrew Muir MLA on 14 January 2020
- Answered
- Written
- After due date
- Tabled
- 14 January 2020
- Answer due by
- 29 January 2020
- Answered
- 4 February 202021 days after tabling
- Department
- The Executive Office
- Priority question
- No
Answer
There has been no agreement on a single Equality Bill; however, a number of statutes have been enacted here over the last decades which provide protection against discrimination on the grounds of age, disability, race, religion and political opinion, sex and sexual orientation.