A Bill to prohibit the use of affirmative and positive action in recruitment and appointment processes; to repeal the Sex Discrimination (Election Candidates) Act 2002; and for connected purposes.
House of Commons
24 October 2011
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The Equality and Diversity (Reform) Bill would ban affirmative action and other forms of positive action in recruitment and appointment decisions. It would also repeal the Sex Discrimination (Election Candidates) Act 2002, which currently allows targeted action to help certain candidates in elections. In effect, the bill aims to remove policies that give preferential treatment to certain groups when hiring or selecting election candidates.
The bill is currently at the 2nd Reading in the House of Commons; the record shows consideration up to that stage with no further stages listed.
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This Bill was negatived at its second reading debate on 21 October 2011. This Bill will not progress any further.
This Bill was presented to Parliament on 21 October 2010. This is known as the first reading and there was no debate on the Bill at this stage.
This Bill is a Private Member’s Bill. These are often not printed until close to the second reading debate. If the text is not yet available here and you wish to know more about this bill please contact its sponsor, Philip Davies.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
