| Heading: |
Age: Discrimination |
| Question ID: |
1807779 |
| UIN: |
HL7937 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-02 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4301 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
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Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the prevalence of age discrimination in recruitment and employment; and what measures are being taken in response. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-11 |
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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: |
The UK has a strong history of protecting against direct and indirect discrimination. The Equality Act 2010 (The Act) has protections that enable people to challenge age discrimination across a range of fields, including the provision of services, employm... |
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| Answering body ID: |
31 |
| Answering body name: |
Women and Equalities |
| Tweeted: |
true |