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Baroness Falkner of Margravine (CB)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 3 June 2026

Debate

Equality Act 2010: Code of Practice

Contribution

My Lords, I declare an interest as chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, under which this code was written. The Minister has referred several times to the fact that the Government interacted with the EHRC to take feedback, consultations and, as the Minister in the other place repeatedly mentioned, engagement. Given the meaning of Section 14(7) of the Act, which protects the EHRC’s independence, and given that the only role for the Government that it identifies is to write to the EHRC if they do not agree with it and to make that letter public, will he now agree to provide, as the noble Baroness, Lady Stedman-Scott, asked, all the changes that they have made to that in violation of Section 14(7)? Or is he going to wait until there is another judicial review against the Government to get transparency on this matter? That is all we ask: transparency.

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