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06/11/07 - Single Equalities Bill delayed
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The proposed Single Equalities Bill (SEB) did not feature in the Queen's speech today and will be delayed now until next year. The SEB�was dropped following the consultation on the Green Paper, where many organisations expressed their overwhelming concerns at the proposals. Many disability groups had rejected changes to the Disability Equality Duty that were seen as a watering down of current law.
The delay has been welcomed by the Employers' Forum on Disability among others and it is hoped that a revised Bill will address issues raised by respondents to the Green Paper and that disability groups will have sufficient time to scrutinse the next draft.
A new draft Bill is expected by November 2008 and the UK Government is expected to report on the responses to the Green Paper - the Discrimination Law Review in the coming months.
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