[IER] Two parliamentary committees criticise govt for non-enforcement of law

Thu Jul 19 17:25:05 BST 2018

IER News Brief 19/07/18

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Thursday 19th July 2018

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The government has come under fire from two separate cross-party parliamentary committees this week for its failure to ensure the enforcement of the law.

The Women and Equalities Committee published a scathing report on age discrimination in the workplace <https://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=404802c773&e=71131c031b> , saying more than a million people over the age of 50 are struggling to stay in employment due to the failure of the government and Equality and Human Rights Committee to enforce the Equality Act 2010.

The MPs described this lack of enforcement as "alarming and unacceptable" and recommended urgent action.

Elsewhere, the Joint Committee on Human Rights hit out at legal aid cuts and reforms to the judicial service <https://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=d5d8fdb3c7&e=71131c031b> , which it said has made human rights "unenforceable" in some parts of the country.

Large swathes of the UK are now "legal aid deserts", it warned, reminding the government that "for rights to be effective they have to be capable of being enforced".

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