Written Question·Women and Equalities·UIN 21688

Political Parties: Discrimination

Tabled: 3 January 2025

Answered: 13 January 2025

Question

Mr Richard Holden

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, pursuant to the Answer of 3 December 2024 to Question 16341 on Political Parties: Discrimination, if she will issue guidance on the distinction between philosophical and political belief.

Answer

Anneliese Dodds

The Equality and Human Rights Commission has issued guidance and codes of practice covering philosophical belief. What is and is not a political belief as opposed to a philosophical belief is a question that is for individuals to consider and, if necessar...

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