Age Discrimination

Part of Women and Equality – in the House of Commons at 10:30 am on 25 June 2009.

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Photo of Michael Jabez Foster Michael Jabez Foster Parliamentary Secretary, Government Equalities Office 10:30, 25 June 2009

As my hon. Friend suggests, most of the arguments in favour of extending age provisions to under-18s seem to arise due to negative attitudes and opinions about young people and mistrust of them. It is important that that be dealt with, but attitudes alone are not the basis of discrimination under the Bill, so we would not solve the problem simply by including under-18s in its measures.