NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH STUDY OF CASTE-BASED DISCRIMINATION IN THE UK

Early day motion 572, tabled 20 July 2010 by Jeremy Corbyn (Labour). Signed by 30 members.

That this House notes that the National Institute of Economic and Social Research has been commissioned to carry out in-depth research to examine the extent of caste-based prejudice and discrimination in the UK; welcomes a provision in the Equality Act 2010 inserted by amendment of the Equality Bill, which enabled the Government to make caste-based discrimination illegal in the UK; and calls on the current Government to share the findings of the research in order to permit the outlawing of discrimination on the grounds of caste.

Signatures by party: Labour 15, Liberal Democrat 10, Conservative 2, Alliance 1, Plaid Cymru 1, Social Democratic and Labour Party 1.