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Public Body Ethnicity Data (Inclusion of Jewish and Sikh Categories)
04 December 2024
Lead MP
Preet Kaur Gill
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Preet Kaur Gill raised concerns about public body ethnicity data (inclusion of jewish and sikh categories) in the House of Commons. Other MPs contributed to the debate.
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The Bill aims to provide that public bodies collecting data about ethnicity must include specific 'Sikh' and 'Jewish' categories. It addresses the legal recognition of Sikhs and Jews as ethnic groups under the Equality Act 2010, highlighting their invisibility in policymaking due to poor religious data collection practices. The proposal seeks to rectify discrimination and inequality faced by these communities through better data collection on ethnicity.
Preet Kaur Gill
Lab Co-op
Birmingham Edgbaston
The Bill would address a fundamental absurdity in the fight against discrimination and inequality, making Sikhs and Jews visible to policymakers. The Women and Equalities Committee identified a lack of Sikh data in Government datasets. Current religious data is poor, patchy and incomplete, failing to capture inequalities or provide public services based on ethnicity. The proposal seeks accurate data collection for health, housing, crime, criminal justice, the public sector workforce, and the ethnicity pay gap.
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