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Women and Equalities written question – answered at on 28 June 2011.

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Photo of Julian Smith Julian Smith Conservative, Skipton and Ripon

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities for what European directives in force on 1 April 2010 the Government Equalities Office is responsible; and what European directives for which the Government Equalities Office is responsible have come into force since 1 April 2010.

Photo of Lynne Featherstone Lynne Featherstone The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department

As of 1 April 2011, the Government Equalities Office has been part of the Home Office and is no longer a separate Government Department. I refer my hon. Friend to the answer from the Minister for Crime and Security, James Brokenshire, on 27 June 2011, Hansard, columns 579-81W.

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