Human rights and equality campaigners have come together to demand a parliamentary inquiry into why the infamous global security firm G4S was handed the contract to run a Government-funded helpline for victims of discrimination. The news comes ahead of a debate in the House of Lords today (6 September) on the awarding of the contract...The EASS provides expert advice and assistance on issues relating to equality and human rights across England, Scotland and Wales. Until October 2012, it was administered by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) and in March this year a parliamentary report recommended the service be returned to the EHRC – a position fully supported by the EHRC themselves. The campaigners want to see the award of the contract placed on hold until an investigation into both the tendering process and the suitability of G4S to deliver the service is carried out. Liberty has produced a dossier collating the company’s reported failings on human rights and equality in the UK.