Equality Act 2010 and disability committee

Politics

September 22, 2016

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Lib Dem conference: Party ‘needs to rebuild trust with disabled voters’

The president of the Liberal Democrats has admitted that her party needs to rebuild trust among disabled people, after five years of coalition government ended with a shattering defeat at last year’s general election. Baroness [Sal] Brinton, herself a wheelchair-user, said she understood that many people, particularly those on the left, found the idea

Human Rights

Baroness Williams speaking in the House of Lords

September 15, 2016

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Minister ‘misled peers’ over EHRC’s request to run equality helpline

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A minister is facing accusations that she misled the House of Lords over the government’s “devastating” decision to allow a security firm with “an appalling history of abuse and mismanagement” to run the national equality advice helpline. The Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS) was set up in October 2012 to replace the Equality

Politics

Baroness Campbell speaking in the debate, next to her PA and then Baroness Brinton

September 8, 2016 0

Government must rip up response to Equality Act report, say disabled peers

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Disabled peers have demanded that the government rips up its “frustrating”, “clichéd” and “tepid” response to a major House of Lords report on the Equality Act’s impact on disabled people. The Equality Act 2010 and disability committee reported in March on how equality legislation affects disabled people, following a nine-month inquiry. The committee concluded

Human Rights

July 21, 2016

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EHRC earns cautious approval for response to Equality Act report

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The equality watchdog has earned cautious approval for its response to recommendations made by a House of Lords committee that examined the impact of the Equality Act on disabled people. The committee concluded earlier this year that the government was failing to protect disabled people from discrimination and that there were problems with laws

Transport

Baroness Campbell speaking in the House of Lords

May 12, 2016

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Wheelchair taxi rules will finally come into force… after 20 years

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A report by peers on the impact of equality legislation on disabled people appears to have secured its first success after the government agreed to bring into force taxi regulations – 20 years after they were first included in legislation. The regulations will mean that taxi-drivers can no longer refuse to accept wheelchair-users, and

Politics

March 24, 2016

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Government is failing disabled people on discrimination, say peers

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The government is failing to protect disabled people from discrimination, according to the conclusions of a nine-month investigation by a House of Lords committee. The Equality Act 2010 and disability committee has concluded that laws designed to address disability discrimination were “not working in practice”, while government spending cuts were having “a hugely adverse

Independent Living

Head and shoulders of Justin Tomlinson giving evidence to a parliamentary committee

December 18, 2015

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Tomlinson fails six times to reveal identity of ‘minister for ILF’

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The minister for disabled people has failed six times to explain which minister and government department campaigners should approach to lobby about the closure of the Independent Living Fund (ILF). Justin Tomlinson was asked by the disabled peer Baroness [Jane] Campbell to tell disabled people which minister had responsibility for ILF and “over-arching decision-making

Employment

Baroness Campbell head and shoulders at the committee hearing

December 18, 2015

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‘Fewer carrots and more sticks for employers, please, minister’

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A disabled peer has called on the government to hand out fewer “carrots” to employers and do more to enforce existing equality law as it attempts to secure more jobs for disabled people. The plea came after Justin Tomlinson, the minister for disabled people, had been explaining the merits of the government’s Disability Confident

Transport

Head and shoullders of Andrew Jones giving evidence to the committee

December 18, 2015

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Minister hints at further block to taxi access law, 20 years after MPs approved it

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A government minister has told peers that it is “not necessary” for all taxis to be accessible to wheelchair-users. Transport minister Andrew Jones said that such a policy would mean having to replace thousands of taxis across the country. But members of the Equality Act 2010 and disability committee told the minister that powers

Human Rights

Andrew Brenton giving evidence to the committee, watched by his wife

December 11, 2015

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Campaigning couples tell peers of barriers to justice

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Two couples who have taken disability discrimination cases through the legal system have told a committee of peers about the barriers they have faced in trying to secure justice. Michèle and Andrew Brenton, and Jeanine and David Blamires, had been asked to give evidence in person to the Equality Act 2010 and disability committee,

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