Equality: Private Sector — Written Question

Question

Mike Wood

Conservative — Kingswinford and South Staffordshire

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make it his policy to stop public bodies imposing equality, diversity and inclusion requirements on private sector companies which are not otherwise directly required by primary legislation.

Answer

Dame Nia Griffith

The Public Sector Equality Duty (the PSED) requires organisations in scope to have due regard to the need to eliminate discrimination, advance equality of opportunity, and foster good relations between different people. The scope of the PSED is set out in...

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