On 9 July 2008, the All Party Parliamentary Group on Equalities held a seminar with Jonathan Rees, Director General of the Government Equalities Office.
Legislation on incitement to hatred on the grounds of sexual orientation was passed in May 2008.
In 2008, the Equality and Human Rights Commission, TUC and CBI published ‘Talent not tokenism. The business benefits of workforce diversity’.
The House of Commons Home Affairs Committee published its report on ‘Domestic Violence, Forced Marriage and “Honour”-Based Violence’ on 13 June 2008.
Fawcett published the final report of its ‘Routes to Power’ research study on ethnic minority women leaders in May 2008.
