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The CRE has submitted its final response to the government's consultation on a new single equality act for Britain. We call on the government to recognise that this consultation should be only the start of an open and thorough process towards getting equality law fit for twenty-first-century Britain.
This response is based on over 30 years of experience of working to eliminate race discrimination and promote equality of opportunities and good race relations through a wide range of activities: casework and litigation, formal investigations, one-to-one work with employers and service providers, and policy development.
This is the last year for the CRE; but race discrimination will not cease. Our final overarching recommendation is for legislation which guarantees equality as well as protecting from discrimination through effective enforcement and tough sanctions: in short, legislation fit for a modern, diverse Britain.
As well as the full CRE response (pdf, 296kb), you can also download an executive summary (pdf, 30kb).
In order to support the CRE's events around the country about the Discrimination Law Review, we produced the following briefing sheets.
The Review's terms of reference are available from the Women and Equality Unit website:
This consultation paper sets out the Government's proposals for a Single Equality Bill for Great Britain. It is available from the Department for Communities and Local Government's website:
The government set a deadline of 4 September for responses to this consultation.
Our response to A Framework for Fairness was published at the end of July 2007, and consists of six parts:
1. Introduction, outlining the CRE's general views on the Green Paper;
plus briefings on:
2. Enforcement and remedies
3. Equality duties
4. Procurement
5. Balancing measures/positive action
6. Statutory exceptions
We also intend to issue a separate briefing on the subject on multiple discrimination.