Question follow-through · 103908
Discrimination
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether she has considered the potential merits amending the Equality Act 2010 to explicitly forbid perceptive and motivated discrimination.
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- Answering body
- Women and Equalities
- Tabled
- 7 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 12 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 15 Jan 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
7 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether she has considered the potential merits amending the Equality Act 2010 to explicitly forbid perceptive and motivated discrimination.
12 Jan 2026
Target answer date
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15 Jan 2026
Answer published
Provisions under the Equality Act 2010 already account that discrimination may be perceptive and apply regardless of the motivation of the person who is discriminating. The 2010 Act provides protection against discrimination, harassment, victimisation and...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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