New legislation will instruct public bodies to promote gay equality
Posted on June 27, 2008
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The new Equality Bill published today includes proposals for all public bodies to promote equality for gay and lesbian people.
The bill is intended to be an extension of the current duty on public authorities to actively promote equality into services like fostering, magistrates courts and health clinics, to make their services more accessible to lesbian, bisexual and gay people.
“The first equality laws were brought in by a Labour Government more than 40 years ago,” Harriet Harman, Secretary of State for Equality, told the House of Commons today.
“Progress has been made to outlaw discrimination against people if they are black, a woman, lesbian or gay, disabled, or if they are older, but although such progress has been made, inequality and discrimination still persist.
“Men who work full time still earn 40 per cent more per hour than women who work part time.
New legislation will instruct public bodies to promote gay equality
PinkNews.co.uk, UK
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