Question follow-through · 26057
Candidates: Equality
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to the Answer of 13 October 2025 to Question HL10068, on Candidates: Equality, whether political parties have been formally consulted.
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- Answering body
- Women and Equalities
- Tabled
- 1 Sept 2026
- Target answer date
- 3 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 23 Sept 2026 · 22 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
1 Sept 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to the Answer of 13 October 2025 to Question HL10068, on Candidates: Equality, whether political parties have been formally consulted.
3 Sept 2026
Target answer date
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23 Sept 2026
Answer published
The Government is committed to commencing section 106 of the Equality Act 2010, requiring registered political parties to publish anonymised data relating to the diversity of their candidate selections in accordance with regulations.There is currently car...
Official data retrieved 1 Oct 2026.
Later records
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