AGE DISCRIMINATION REGULATIONS

Early day motion 2783, tabled 17 October 2006 by Julie Morgan (Labour). Signed by 74 members.

That this House believes that ability should be valued regardless of age; welcomes the introduction of the Age Discrimination Regulations to ban age discrimination in employment; considers that over half of all employees are unaware that age discrimination at work has become illegal; further believes that more needs to be done to educate employees on the impact of the change; notes that currently the regulations do not prevent age discrimination in minimum wage payments, redundancy payments or the funding of modern apprenticeships; and calls on the Government to work to raise consumer awareness and to consider rectifying these inconsistencies.

Signatures by party: Labour 44, Liberal Democrat 19, Conservative 4, DUP 4, Plaid Cymru 2, Social Democratic and Labour Party 1.