Source · Select Committees · Human Rights (Joint Committee)
Recommendation 7
7
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We are disappointed that the Government have rejected our suggestion that the Remedial Order should...
Conclusion
We are disappointed that the Government have rejected our suggestion that the Remedial Order should have retrospective effect from 9 February 2016 rather 24 Draft Bereavement Benefits (Remedial) Order 20222Second Report than 30 August 2018, because this means that many cohabiting partners who have suffered as a result of the discriminatory effect of the bereavement benefits system, including the claimant in McLaughlin, will not be provided with a remedy. We are also disappointed that our alternative suggestion of an ex-gratia scheme has not been taken up and would ask the Government to reconsider.
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