Equality Archives

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ESA and PIP reassessments

Friday, 10 May, 2019

This Commons Library briefing paper looks at the rules on reassessing Employment and Support Allowance, Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment claimants. Starting from 29 September 2017, some ESA and UC claimants with the most severe conditions will not have to face reassessment. PIP claimants receiving the highest level of support and whose needs are unlikely to improve may only have a "light touch" review every ten years. The Government also intends to exempt from reassessment PIP claimants over State Pension age, unless they report a change in their needs, from late spring 2019.
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General Debate on UN International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

Friday, 05 April, 2019

The following material may assist Members during the general debate on the UN International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
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- Equality
Research Briefing

Alternative Provision Education in England

Tuesday, 12 March, 2019

This briefing paper provides information about Alternative Provision (AP) education in England. In particular information about AP providers in England, the pupils that attend them, funding statistics, and the current issues affecting the sector.
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Antisemitism in modern society

Tuesday, 19 February, 2019

A general debate on antisemitism in modern society
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General debate on Holocaust Memorial Day 2019

Tuesday, 22 January, 2019

General debate on Holocaust Memorial Day 2019.
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- Equality
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Proposals to allow self-identification of gender

Friday, 16 November, 2018

A Westminster Hall debate on Proposals to allow self-identification of gender is scheduled for Wednesday 21 November 2018 at 9.30am. The Member leading the debate is David T C Davies MP.
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Research Briefing

Social Mobility Index by Constituency SMIC

Monday, 15 October, 2018

The House of Commons Library's Social Mobility Index by Constituency (SMIC) provides an indication of how likely a person from a disadvantaged background in each constituency is to progress to a higher social status later in life. The SMIC compares constituencies in England using 14 variables which represent four life stages: early years, school age, youth, and adulthood.
Insight

International Day of Sign Languages: Could BSL become a GCSE?

Sunday, 23 September, 2018

In the UK, campaigns to increase the uptake of British Sign Language in schools, including potentially through a GCSE in England, are currently gaining in strength.
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- Disability
- Education
- Government
- Schools
Research Briefing

Transgender Prisoners

Wednesday, 19 September, 2018

The Government published new guidelines on the treatment of transgender prisoners in England and Wales in 2016. This note looks at these, and at the position in Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Research Briefing

The Equality Act 2010: caste discrimination

Friday, 03 August, 2018

This note provides an overview of the concept of caste, explains the existing law and sets out the background to the order-making power in the Equality Act 2010.
Research Briefing

Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards

Tuesday, 10 July, 2018

This House of Commons Library briefing explains what Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) are, their purpose and the process which is followed in order to authorise a deprivation of liberty. The paper outlines the Law Commission's recommendations to abolish DoLS and replace them with a new system called the Liberty Protection Safeguards. The Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill was introduced to the House of Lords on 3 July 2018. The Bill broadly follows the Law Commission’s recommendations, with some changes.
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An early history of British race relations legislation

Monday, 09 July, 2018

This Library paper has been written to support the House of Commons ‘artist in residence’ project First Waves: Exploring the impact of race relations legislation in the UK. Scarlett Crawford has been commissioned by the Speaker’s Advisory Committee on Works of Art in the House of Commons to explore the impact of the 1965, 1968 and 1976 Race Relations Acts. This paper provides information on all three of these Acts. It explains their main provisions and looks at how they attempted to address racial discrimination in the UK.
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UN Committee report on the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: debate on the Government’s response

Thursday, 14 June, 2018

There will be a Westminster Hall debate on the Government response to the report on the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities on 20 June 2018 at 9:30. The debate is will be opened by Rosie Duffield MP. This landing page provides background information in preparation for the debate.
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International Day against homophobia, transphobia and biphobia

Tuesday, 15 May, 2018

A debate on the ‘International Day against homophobia, transphobia and biphobia’ has been scheduled for Thursday 17 May 2018 in the Main Chamber. The debate has been nominated by the Backbench Business Committee after a representation from Peter Kyle MP and Angela Eagle MP.
Insight

Are NHS mental health therapies working for everyone?

Wednesday, 25 April, 2018

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