Protect the Equality Act 2010 from revising the Protected Characteristics

Rejected 10 signatures

What the petition asks

We want Parliament to pass an Act that prevents the government from removing the rights of any of the Protected Characteristics as stated under the Equality Act 2010.

Currently, the Prime Minister plans to revise the Equality Act 2010 to remove protections for transgender people. Hate crimes against the protected characteristics continue to rise, with a 56% increase in the number of hate crimes towards transgender people between March 2021-2022 (gov.uk). The protected characteristics need protecting from the government, as without the Equality Act, minority groups have no legal protection from hate crimes, whether in public, in school or in employment.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

It is not possible for Parliament to pass laws that future Parliaments cannot change, but we have published the following petition, which you might like to sign:

Commit to not amending the Equality Act's definition of sex

Timeline

5 Nov 2022	Petition opened for signatures
15 Nov 2022	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 10

Status Rejected

Rejected 15 Nov 2022

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