There were significant changes to the Discrimination Legislation over its proposal life time.
- The original ‘Strawman’ was drafted (best practice)
- A consultation with key stakeholders
- Draft Policy proposals were drawn up
- The ESS Committee widely consulted on these draft proposals
- The consultation took place with significant feedback
- New significantly amended proposals were drafted March 2020
- The debate on the proposals took place July 2020, a few changes were made following resolutions
- The final proposals were sent to the law officers for drafting
A summary of all the changes from the original draft policy papers to the final policy proposals are shown in the attached table