Correspondence Jun. 07 2024
Committee: Rural Affairs and Islands CommitteeFound: Business and Regulatory Impact Assessment (BRIA), Equality Impact Assessment (EQIA), Island Communities
Jun. 06 2024
Source Page: Russia's violation of OSCE principles undermines comprehensive security in Europe: UK statement to the OSCEFound: Take for example the first principle: “The participating States will respect each other’s sovereign equality
Jun. 06 2024
Source Page: Equality Monitoring Report: Survey of Complainants to the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland, 2023/24Found: Equality Monitoring Report: Survey of Complainants to the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland, 2023
Asked by: Regan, Ash (Alba Party - Edinburgh Eastern)
Question
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the Independent Strategic Review of Funding and Commissioning of Violence Against Women and Girls Services, and, in particular, the views expressed in the review on single-sex spaces, what steps it has taken to ensure that single-sex services continue to be provided to biological women and girls.
Answered by Brown, Siobhian - Minister for Victims and Community Safety
Equally Safe, Scotland’s strategy for preventing and eradicating violence against women and girls acknowledges the important role specialist and single-sex services play in supporting victim-survivors of violence against women and girls.
There are single sex exceptions in the UK wide Equality Act 2010, and it is the responsibility of service providers to comply with the 2010 Act. The Equality and Human Rights Commission as the body responsible for enforcing the 2010 Act has produced specific guidance to support organisations in their compliance, including a Statutory Code of Practice and a guide for service providers who operate a separate or single-sex service.
Mentions:
1: Stewart, Alexander (Con - Mid Scotland and Fife) When it comes to participation and engagement, especially in areas such as citizens’ rights and equality - Speech Link
2: None We stand strongly behind and defend the elements of the TCA in areas relating to human rights, equality - Speech Link
3: None are really good points, and I echo everything that Sean McGuire said.Your first question was about equality - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: None We want to make sure that there is an equality impact assessment and that we look at the gender pay gap - Speech Link
Found: adjustment, it may be discrimination on the grounds of a protected characteristic (as prescribed by the Equality
Correspondence Jun. 06 2024
Committee: Health, Social Care and Sport CommitteeFound: the National Care Service in ways which— (i) promote the dignity of the individual, and (ii) advance equality
Jun. 05 2024
Source Page: Mr Alexander Barnett v (1) H & H Gelato Ltd (2) Mr Omead Awiezi (3) Ms Liz Zhou: [2024] EAT 62Found: detriment under section 47B of the Employment Rights Act 1996, victimisation under section 27 of the Equality