Gaps in Equality Legislation Inquiry - Call for Evidence

Overview

The Committee for the Executive Office is a statutory Committee in the Northern Ireland Assembly. The Committee is conducting an inquiry on differences in equality legislation between the regions of the UK and the Republic of Ireland. The purpose of the inquiry is to find out where equality legislation is different in Northern Ireland to other jurisdictions and to understand the impacts this has.
 

The Committee will:

• Examine differences in equality legislation between Northern Ireland and other jurisdictions of the UK
• Examine divergence between equality legislation in Northern Ireland, the
  European Union and other jurisdictions since the UK exit from the EU (Brexit)
• Examine concluding observations relating to legislative change relating to equality in Northern Ireland from examinations of the UK by international human rights bodies
• Investigate the impacts of gaps in legislation
• Make recommendations for change in legislation in Northern Ireland
   

Why your views matter

At the Assembly, a Committee (in this case the Committee for the Executive Office) will invite people who will be affected by the finding of inquiries to tell us their views on the terms of reference of the inquiry.

The Committee does this because:

a) decision should reflect the views of people in society;

b) everyone in society may be affected by the outcome of the inquiry, and

c) because you may point out something from your experience that has not been considered and that adds value to the committee's work.

The Committee will consider your written replies, oral evidence (which will occur from September 2024) and other relevant advice. It will then report its findings to the Assembly, and the full Assembly will take some time to discuss the report.

The inquiry is open to any organisation or individual to respond.

What happens next

Following the closure of this call for evidence the Committee will commence oral evidence sessions from September 2024. It will consider all written and oral evidence before moving to deliberate on its draft report to the Assembly. Responses to this Call for Evidence will be published in accordance with Northern Ireland Assembly protocols.