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Question for Department for Culture, Media and Sport

UIN 55364, tabled on 30 May 2025

Question

Steve Race
Labour
Exeter
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the interim statutory code of practice on services, public functions and associations, published on 20 May 2025, on costs to the hospitality industry.

Answer

Chris Bryant
Labour
Rhondda and Ogmore
Commons

Answered on

9 June 2025

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), as Britain’s Equalities watchdog, is developing updated guidance to support service providers and is currently consulting on its code of practice for services, public functions and associations. This consultation will close on 30 June 2025. The Government is considering the further implications of the Supreme Court's judgment.

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Department for Culture, Media and Sport