Research Briefing
This House of Commons Library Briefing Paper provides an overview of the duties owed by providers of goods, services and facilities to ensure that they do not discriminate against disabled people in accessing these goods, facilities and services.
Research Briefing
Analysis of the latest key UK and international economic indicators.
Debate Pack
A debate entitled Male Suicide and International Men’s Day will be held in Westminster Hall on Thursday 19 November, when International Men’s Day will be observed. This debate pack provides background information on male suicide and International Men’s Day, including statistics, recent policy and parliamentary and media coverage.
Debate Pack
Ruth Cadbury secured a Westminster Hall debate on Women on Low Pay, on 18 November 2015, at 9:30am. There will be a digital debate on Twitter, ahead of the Westminster Hall debate. The digital debate will take place on 17 November 2015, from 4-5pm, using #DoDemocracy
Debate Pack
A Westminster Hall debate on the motion ‘That this House has considered Black History month’ has been scheduled for Wednesday 21 October 2015 at 1430hrs. The member in charge of the debate is Angela Crawley, the SNP spokesperson for Equalities, Women and Children.
Research Briefing
An overview of rights and benefits afforded to carers in law, covering local authority assessments, employment rights, benefits and protection from discrimination.
Research Briefing
What are the trends for women's equality in the UK and across the globe? This document provides background statistics for International Women's Day 2015, examining international comparisons and UK-specific data.
Research Briefing
This note looks at how married women can build state pension entitlement and the option to pay reduced rate National Insurance Contributions until 1977.
Research Briefing
This note gives a brief overview of the Disabled Students’ Allowance (DSA) and outlines proposed changes to the grant
Research Briefing
Many observers fear that limited gains in women’s rights in Afghanistan are already being reversed and that the situation may become worse after the end of 2014.
Research Briefing
Summary of statistics on the extent and nature of domestic violence from the Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW).
Research Briefing
Disabled access to historic and listed buildings. By Wendy Wilson. SN/SP/3007. This note explains the interaction of duties imposed on service providers to ensure access for disabled people under the Equality Act 2010 with the role of English Heritage and planning authorities in ensuring that the character of these buildings is maintained.
Research Briefing
This note outlines how the insurance industry operates within the law on discrimination, particularly with respect to age and sex discrimination.
Research Briefing
As of 1 October 2011, the Employment Equality (Repeal of Retirement Age Provisions) Regulations 2011 abolished the DRA.
Research Briefing
This note examines the judgment in the case of Eweida and Others v the United Kingdom, handed down by the European Court of Human Rights on 15 January 2013. The case considered the restrictions an employer may justifiably place on workers’ freedom to manifest their religion in the workplace.
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