Consultation on Multiple Discrimination

The Government is proposing to amend the Equality Bill (Already?) to provide for multiple direct discrimination. That is to say, discrimination on the grounds of multiple protected characteristics eg ‘I won’t employ you because you are a black disabled man ‘. I’m not convinced of the need for this – the above example is really just an example of discrimination based on race, disability and sex and surely can be pleaded as such. However I’ll have a careful look at the consultation document (here) and see if it makes sense.