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- The Equality Bill will strengthen and streamline discrimination law. These measures will result in both costs (such as those arising from organisations familiarising themselves with the new legislation) and savings (such as those resulting from the simplification of the legislation). The impact of the Equality Bill is set out in the impact assessment published alongside the Bill on 27 April. The impact on the expenditure of local authorities has not been identified separately. For the 22,000 public authorities (which includes the 420 or so local authorities) the impact assessment identifies the following costs and benefits: Costs in the first year—£18.6 million to £ 52.1 million Benefits in the first year—£12.2 million to £41.4 million Recurring costs from year two onwards—£5.5 million to £39.0 million Recurring benefits from year two onwards—£12.6 million to £42.9 million
Mr. Stewart JacksonConservative
Maria EagleLabour