Submitted on Friday 11th November 2022
Rejected on Thursday 1st December 2022
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
Update the Equality Act to include medical information
Add medical and/or health information as a protected characteristic in the Equality Act 2010
The aim is to prevent discrimination based on medical status, medical history, medical choices, health information, health status, health choices, and vaccination, medical intervention, and immunological status
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
We're not exactly sure what you mean by "medical and/ or health information". Certain medical conditions are already protected under disability protections. For example, if you have cancer or if you are HIV positive. The definition of disabled is set out in section 6 of the Equality Act. You can find out more in this House of Commons Library briefing: commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-9061
You could start a new petition explaining exactly what you'd like to happen. For example, we could accept a petition calling for a specific change to section 6 of the Act, or for discrimination on the basis of vaccine status to be made illegal.
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