{"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/323009.json"},"data":{"type":"archived-petition","id":323009,"parliament":{"period":"2019-2024","government":"Conservative","dissolution_at":"2024-05-30T00:01:00.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"Equality Act 2010 amendment: re dedicated education and anti-ASB  provisions","background":"The proposed Amendment to the Equality Act 2010 focuses on specific DfE/education and anti-ASB & anti-discrimination/prejudice focused solutions, regarding improvement of UK Government departments and national agencies operational implementation level delivery of the provisions of the Equality Act.","additional_details":"Covid 19 has for BAME / diverse communities stress tested the Equality Act 2010 protections, consequently exposed as largely not delivering at society, implementation level. A 20%+ anti-Asian (including Gurkhas) increase in racist ASB has been recorded, with a comprehensive picture of anti-ASB & anti-discrimination responses & mechanisms substantially failing in view of those affected: BAME communities have come together to request education-based solutions to remedy this, linked to the Act.","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":12,"created_at":"2020-05-26T13:06:26.032Z","updated_at":"2020-06-10T16:15:28.127Z","rejected_at":"2020-06-10T16:15:28.130Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2020-05-26T17:28:14.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":{"code":"no-action","details":"We understand that you are concerned about the extent to which the Equality Act protects BAME groups, but it’s not clear exactly what change you want the Government to make. We can only accept petitions which make a clear request for a specific action from the Government.\r\n\r\nWe have recently published the following petition, which you might like to sign: \r\n\r\nCreate an independent investigatory commission to help protect ethnic minorities: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/323867\r\n\r\nYou can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:\r\n\r\nwww.gov.uk/coronavirus\r\nhttps://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/\r\n\r\nThe Government has also created an online service to help you find out what you can do if you’re struggling because of coronavirus: https://www.gov.uk/find-coronavirus-support\r\n\r\nYou can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/coronavirus-covid-19-anxiety-tips\r\n\r\nYou can read impartial analysis of the Government response to coronavirus and policy developments here: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/coronavirus/\r\n\r\nYou may also be interested to know that because of the large number of petitions that have been started in relation to coronavirus, the Petitions Committee has been questioning the Government about its response to the coronavirus outbreak.\r\n \r\nFind out more: https://committees.parliament.uk/work/192/the-governments-response-to-coronavirus/"},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}}}