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Hi Moira I was Googling this earlier today and found a couple of links, although they don't have much more information. The upshot seems to be that dual discrimination simply won't be introduced and that the third party harassment provisions that were introduced in October 2010 under the Equality Act will be subject to a consultation with a view to their repeal. http://www.xperthr.co.uk/blogs/employment-tribunal-watch/2011/03/budget-2011-third-party-harassment-provisions-in-equality-act-2010-to-be-scrapped.html http://www.personneltoday.com/articles/2011/03/23/57507/budget-2011-equality-acts-third-party-harassment-regulations-to-be-removed.html Best wishes Susan Susan Squire Diversity Adviser (Staff) Strategy and Policy Team Human Resources University of Birmingham Tel: +44(0)121 414 2673 (internal ext. 42673) Email: [log in to unmask] Web: www.equality.bham.ac.uk The contents of this email may be privileged and are confidential. It may not be disclosed to or used by anyone other than the addressee, nor copied in any way. If received in error, please notify the sender and then delete it from your system. Should you communicate with me by email, you consent to The University of Birmingham monitoring and reading any such correspondence. -----Original Message----- From: HE Administrators equal opportunities list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Moira Mitchell Sent: 29 March 2011 14:22 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Dual discrimination and third-party harassment provisions cancelled Dear Colleagues, Is anyone aware of any further discussion or information on-line relating to the removal of the dual discrimination and third-party harassment provisions mentioned in ECU's EqualityLink (text below)? Thanks in advance, Moira Moira Mitchell Equality and Diversity Manager, Canterbury Christ Church University tel: 01227 782795 In his Budget statement to parliament on 23 March 2011, the Chancellor announced that the dual discrimination and third-party harassment provisions of the Equality Act 2010 are to be scrapped as being too 'costly'. The dual discrimination rules were singled out as an example of '£350 million worth of specific regulations' that are to go. Budget statement <http://ecu.us1.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=2b5898258a22114dac7146823&id=3920f6dd56&e=dbcf770c69>