Part of Equality Bill – in a Public Bill Committee am 7:00 pm ar 16 Mehefin 2009.
Vera Baird
Solicitor General, Attorney General's Office
7:00,
16 Mehefin 2009
But the hon. Gentleman none the less answers his own question. A woman who is indirectly discriminated against because she is pregnant, or is a new mother would, by definition, be able to make a claim of indirect sex discrimination, since any provision or practice which disadvantages pregnant women or new mothers is disadvantageous to women. That is the current position and we are not aware of any difficulty, so we just go forward with the law as it is. I hope that that satisfies him.
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