Question follow-through · 45939
Castes: Discrimination
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will make caste-based discrimination illegal.
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- Answering body
- Women and Equalities
- Tabled
- 17 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 24 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 24 Apr 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
17 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will make caste-based discrimination illegal.
24 Apr 2025
Target answer date
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24 Apr 2025
Answer published
No one should suffer prejudice or discrimination on any grounds, including any perception of their caste. The judgment of the Employment Appeal Tribunal in Tirkey v. Chandhok shows that someone claiming caste discrimination may rely on existing statutory ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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Castes: Discrimination
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Castes: Discrimination
10 Dec 2025 · To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the judgements in the cases of a) Tirkey v Chandhok, b) Kaur v Montana Bakery, c) Meshram v Tata and d) Ramachandran v Bechtel.