That this House recognises the importance of equality in our society and the urgent need to commence the Socio-economic Duty (SED) as outlined in Section 1 of the Equality Act 2010; calls on the Government to establish a commission for the successful delivery, implementation and roll out of the SED; acknowledges that this commission should include trade unions, campaign organisations and community groups; believes a crucial role for the commission would be to secure the promotion and participation of ‘Equalities’ trade union representatives within the trade union and bargaining structures across our economy; encourages public participation and meaningful engagement with those closest to the issues as a key principle for SED implementation; establishes the appropriate funding of the Equality and Human Rights Commission to provide a regulatory framework for the SED and develop strong, clear and supportive training of policymakers throughout society to understand and utilise the SED.
Signatories (37)
- Neil Duncan-Jordan Sponsor
- Jim Shannon
- Mary Kelly Foy
- Richard Burgon
- Nadia Whittome
- Kate Osborne
- Ian Lavery
- Steve Witherden
- Peter Lamb
- Jon Trickett
- Siân Berry
- Kim Johnson
- Bell Ribeiro-Addy
- Carla Denyer
- Brian Leishman
- Chris Law
- Chris Hinchliff
- Andrew George
- Adrian Ramsay
- John McDonnell
- Abtisam Mohamed
- Rachael Maskell
- Shockat Adam
- Ian Byrne
- Rebecca Long Bailey
- Ann Davies
- Ben Lake
- Liz Saville Roberts
- Llinos Medi
- Claire Hanna
- Apsana Begum
- Colum Eastwood
- Graham Leadbitter
- Ms Diane Abbott
- Dr Simon Opher
- Manuela Perteghella
- Lee Barron