United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 155898
Alcoholism: Discrimination
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19 April 2022
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25 April 2022 · Answer
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25 April 2022
Summary
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what assessment she has made of the impact the exclusion of alcohol dependence and other addictions from the protections of the Equality Act 2010 has had on (a) discrimination and (b) stigmatisation of people
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19 April 2022
Written question
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what assessment she has made of the impact the exclusion of alcohol dependence and other addictions from the protections of the Equality Act 2010 has had on (a) discrimination and (b) stigmatisation of people
Source: Commons
25 April 2022
Answer
While the Government recognises the personal challenges faced by people with addictions or dependencies such as alcohol, we subscribe to the view of successive Governments since the Disability Discrimination Act 1995, that it is not appropriate to give su...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-04-19/155898
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1458501
- uk · wq-1458501 · source updated 25 April 2022