SINGLE EQUALITY BILL (NO 2)

Early day motion 1217, tabled 14 May 2003 by Angela Eagle (Labour). Signed by 247 members.

That this House welcomes the successful passage through the House of Lords of Lord Lester's Equality Bill, which seeks to modernise the structure of equality legislation in the UK by ensuring that it is streamlined, simplified, more inclusive and more effective; welcomes the surprisingly large measure of agreement which accompanied the progress of the Bill both cross-party and amongst anti-discrimination advocates and business; recognises the progress made by the Government in this area, including the publication of the consultation on the future structure of equality institutions in the UK; and calls upon the Government to bring forward a draft Single Equality Bill with the intention of legislating on it in the current Parliament.

Signatures by party: Labour 180, Liberal Democrat 46, Labour/Co-operative 16, Plaid Cymru 2, Scottish National Party 2, Conservative 1.