United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 21507
Hearing Impairment: Women
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19 December 2024
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13 January 2025 · Answer
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Summary
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of updating the Equalities Act 2010 in order to more actively support (a) deaf, (b) deafblind and (c) hard of hearing women.
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19 December 2024
Written question
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of updating the Equalities Act 2010 in order to more actively support (a) deaf, (b) deafblind and (c) hard of hearing women.
Source: Commons
13 January 2025
Answer
The Government is committed to championing the rights of disabled people. Deaf, deafblind and hard of hearing women are afforded protections under the Equality Act 2010 (the Act), in relation to the sex and disability protected characteristics.The Act mak...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2024-12-19/21507
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1751835
- uk · wq-1751835 · source updated 13 January 2025