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The Minister of State, Office for Equality and Opportunity (Baroness Smith of Malvern) (Lab)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 5 March 2025

Debate

Equality Act 2010: Diversity of Political Candidates

Contribution

My Lords, the Government are committed to commencing the Equality Act 2010’s provision requiring registered political parties to publish anonymised data relating to the diversity of their candidate selections. We are currently exploring when and how to commence that provision under Section 106. Implementing this policy would, through increased transparency, demonstrate tangible progress towards better representation among candidates of the population they seek to serve, and thereby increase the involvement of all groups across the democratic process.

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