AQW 264/17-22

Mr Andrew Muir
Alliance Party
North Down

Tabled Date: 14/01/2020
Answered On Date: 04/02/2020
Priority Written: No

Question:
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.

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.