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Proceeding contribution from Lord Low of Dalston (Crossbench) in the House of Lords on Wednesday, 27 January 2010. It occurred during Committee of the Whole House (HL) and Debate on bill on Equality Bill.

Equality Bill

Before the noble Baroness leaves the review, might I ask her one more question about it? Will the review consider statutory retirement ages for bodies like tribunals? On 1 December, I asked the noble Lord, Lord McKenzie, this question and he was not able to answer it at that time. He said he would write to me. I declared an interest in that my wife had recently been obliged to stand down as a member of the Care Standards Tribunal on reaching the age of 70. It was explained to her that, notwithstanding regulations on age discrimination, this was as a result of statutory retirement ages which applied to bodies like tribunals. Is this a point that the review of the default retirement age will look at?

Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
716 c1430-1 
Session
2009-10
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Subjects
Disability Disclosure of information Clubs Candidates Age Women Employment Equality Employment Tribunals Service Homosexuality Education Further education Immigration Faith schools Discrimination Ethnic groups Golf Qualifications Membership Public sector Public bodies Political parties Minority groups Racial discrimination Schools Tribunals Teachers Religion Sexuality Sports Students Retirement Teenage pregnancy Reasonable adjustments
Legislation
Equality Bill 2008-09 to 2009-10
Link
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