Dominic Raab
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(14 years, 1 month ago)
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Lynne Featherstone
It is totally defensible. Listening to Opposition Members, I must say that they are re-enacting what is in the Act: they are talking about things, not delivering them.
Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton) (Con)
I welcome the Minister’s reply, but will she go further? The Government are consulting on related regulations to force up to 27,000 councils, schools, police forces and other bodies annually to audit their work force on age, disability, sexuality, sex changes, religion and other beliefs. Can she explain how, according to the departmental answer I received this week, those requirements will not cost public—
Mr Speaker
Order. That question suffers from the disadvantage that it has absolutely nothing whatever to do with the socio-economic duty.