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Women: Northern Ireland |
| Question ID: |
1801168 |
| UIN: |
HL7314 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-05-08 |
| Asking Member ID: |
210 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Baroness Hoey
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Baroness Hoey
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Baroness Smith of Malvern on 24 April (HL Deb col 773), what assessment they have made of the application in Northern Ireland of the Supreme Court judgment in For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-09 |
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false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
269 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Baroness Smith of Malvern
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Baroness Smith of Malvern
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| Answer text: |
Equal opportunities and anti-discrimination law remain devolved matters in Northern Ireland, and the extent of the Equality Act 2010 as set out in law remains unchanged following this judgment. We expect those affected by the judgment to comply with this ... |
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| Answering body ID: |
31 |
| Answering body name: |
Women and Equalities |
| Tweeted: |
true |