Question

To ask His Majesty's Government whether any of the Ministers or Parliamentary Under Secretaries responsible for equalities are responsible for dealing with ageism.

The Minister for Women and Equalities and the Minister of State for Women and Equalities both have responsibility for ensuring that older people are protected from unlawful ageism (age discrimination) by maintaining the existing strong protections in the Equality Act 2010. These protections make it unlawful for an employer, service provider or someone exercising public functions to treat a person less favourably because of age, unless this can be objectively justified.