Question

To ask His Majesty's Government what is the timescale for commencing section 106 of the Equality Act 2010, and which protected characteristics will be covered under the provisions of section 106 when it is enacted.

The Government is committed to commencing the Equality Act 2010’s provision requiring registered political parties to publish anonymised data relating to the diversity of their candidate selections.

Introducing this policy will, through increased transparency, demonstrate tangible progress towards better representation among candidates of the population that they seek to serve. Ministers are considering which protected characteristics will be required to be reported on and the timescale.