Extract from Lords motion to consider the Draft Census (England and Wales) Order 2020 - May 12
Tuesday, 12 May 2020 15:31
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Baroness Kennedy of Cradley (Lab):...Secondly, it is disappointing
to many thousands of Sikhs that the Government have decided not to
include a Sikh tick box in the ethnic group question. There is a
clear demand for this from a large section of the Sikh community.
It is ethnic, not faith, data that public bodies use to make
decisions about the provision of public services, so accurate data
on the make-up of our communities is vital. The Scottish Parliament
seems to have gone some way to...Request free trial
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