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England and Wales are behind other countries on this issue. The United States Department of Health and Human Services has recorded ethnicity on death certificate records for decades, and Scotland has recorded ethnicity as part of the deaths registration process since 2012. In October 2020—during the pandemic—the previous Government announced plans to adopt the measure in England, too, but despite warm words from the then Minister for Equalities, the right hon. Member for North West Essex (Mrs Badenoch)—now the Leader of the Opposition—no action was taken.