> Dear colleagues
> I would like to draw your attention to the announcement by Meg Munn MP during the Committee stages of the Equality Bill in the House of Commons last Thursday (8th December) that:
> "the Minister for Schools has confirmed that she agrees, in principle, to extending the specific duties to education on the understanding that our officials continue to work together to ensure that appropriate arrangements for different education bodies are agreed, and that the relevant regulations and supporting guidance on the way in which the specific duties will apply are light touch, flexible and relevant to the realities of life in school and at other levels of education."
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> With best wishes
>
> Chrissie
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