The Equality Act should be amended to take caste discrimination into account, and a change to law floated 12 years ago finally implemented, a Wolverhampton MP has said.
The caste system, developed in India, divides people into separate groups based on birth, marriage and occupation.
Warinder Juss, Labour MP for Wolverhampton West, said amendments suggested in 2013 would have meant discrimination based on a person's caste was regarded in law the same as racial discrimination. However the changes were never enacted.
Mr Juss has called for a debate in Parliament on introducing the measure.
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