Mr Tim Boswell
Tim Loughton
Angela Browning
Mr Charles Walker
James Duddridge
Andrew Rosindell
NC26
To move the following Clause:—
‘After section 114 of the 1983 Act insert—
“114B Duty to implement
the Race Equality Duty
(1) (a) The local social services authority; and
(b) the relevant body responsible for registered medical
practitioners and approved clinicians
shall implement the general race equality duty under section
71(1) of the Race Relations Act 1976, through actions which shall include—
(i) the collecting and analysing of relevant data;
(ii) involving affected persons and organisations in
matters concerning service delivery;
(iii) preparing and implementing an equality action plan;
and
(iv) publicly reporting each year on their performance
on race equality.
(2) Approved mental health practitioners and approved clinicians
and registered medical practitioners in assisting their regulatory bodies
with the performance of their duty under section 1 shall—
(a) monitor and evaluate their decisions and practices in
the exercise of their functions under the Act;
(b) take action to eliminate unlawful racial discrimination
arising from the exercise of their function; and
(c) report on such action to their regulatory body.
(3) The appropriate national authority may by regulations
make provision for training for approved mental health professionals,
approved clinicians and registered medical practitioners to include
training in cultural awareness.”.’.