Preet Kaur Gill

Preet Kaur Gill

Labour (Co-op) — Birmingham Edgbaston

Speaking in the House of Commons on 11 March 2026

Debate

Public Body Data Collection: Sikh and Jewish Ethnicity

Contribution

Absolutely; I think that is really important. I have a staffer who, equally, is Jewish and does not feel that he is religious, and he wants the option to tick his ethnicity because, as he says, “I am Jewish.” This is simply giving people the option; no one is forcing anyone to tick any other box—they can tick any box they think reflects their ethnicity. But given the Equality Act, and given race hate and the rise in antisemitism, we absolutely should be collecting ethnicity data. My staffer should not be invisible.

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