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House of Commons

Tuesday 23 April 2013

Consideration of Lords Message

New Amendments handed in are marked thus

Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill

On Consideration of Lords Reasons for insisting on their Amendments to which the Commons have

disagreed

Revised at 12.44 pm

Lords Amendments Nos. 35 and 36

Secretary Vince Cable

To move, That this House insists on its disagreement to Lords Amendment No. 36, does not

insist on its disagreement to Lords Amendment No. 35 and proposes the following consequential

Amendments to the Bill:—

(a)


Page  54    ,  line  41,  leave out ‘10’ and insert ‘10(1) and (4) to (8)’.

(b)


Page  55    ,  line  4,  leave out from ‘subsections’ to end of line 5 and insert ‘make further

amendments to the Equality Act 2006.’.

(c)


Page  55    ,  line  17,  leave out subsection (10).

Lords Amendment No. 37

Secretary Vince Cable

To move, That this House insists on its disagreement to Lords Amendment No. 37 but proposes

the following Amendments to the Bill in lieu of the Lords Amendment:—

(a)


Page  73,  line  2,  at end insert:—

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‘Equality Act 2010: caste as an aspect of race

(1)
Section 9(5) of the Equality Act 2010 is amended in accordance with subsections

(2) to (4).

(2)
Omit “may by order”.

(3)
In paragraph (a) (power to provide for caste to be an aspect of race) at the

beginning insert “must by order”.

(4)
In paragraph (b) (power to provide for exceptions to apply or not to apply to caste)

at the beginning insert “may by order”.

(5)
A Minister of the Crown—

(a)
may carry out a review of the effect of section 9(5) of the Equality Act

2010 (and orders made under it) and whether it remains appropriate, and

(b)
must publish a report on the outcome of any such review.

(6)
The power under subsection (5)(a) may not be exercised before the end of the

period of 5 years beginning with the day on which this Act is passed (but may be

exercised on more than one occasion after that).

(7)
If a Minister of the Crown considers it appropriate in the light of the outcome of

a review under subsection (5), the Minister may by order repeal or otherwise

amend section 9(5) of the Equality Act 2010.

(8)
The power to make an order under subsection (7) includes power to make

incidental, supplementary, consequential, transitional or saving provision,

including doing so by amending an Act or subordinate legislation (within the

meaning of the Interpretation Act 1978).

(9)
An order under subsection (7) must be made by statutory instrument.

(10)
A statutory instrument containing an order under subsection (7) may not be made

unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before, and approved by a resolution

of, each House of Parliament.’.

(b)


Page  76    ,  line  2,  at end insert—

‘( )
section (Equality Act 2010: caste as an aspect of race) extends only to

England and Wales and Scotland;’.

(c)


Page  76    ,  line  8,  at end insert—

‘( )
section (Equality Act 2010: caste as an aspect of race);’.

(d)


Title,  line  7,  after ‘directors;’ insert ‘to amend section 9(5) of the Equality Act 2010;’.

Order of the House [11 JUNE 2012]

That the following provisions shall apply to the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform

Bill—

Committal

1.
The Bill shall be committed to a Public Bill Committee.

Proceedings in Public Bill Committee

2.
Proceedings in the Public Bill Committee shall (so far as not previously

concluded) be brought to a conclusion on Tuesday 17 July 2012.

3.
The Public Bill Committee shall have leave to sit twice on the first day on

which it meets.

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Consideration and Third Reading

4.
Proceedings on Consideration shall (so far as not previously concluded) be

brought to a conclusion one hour before the moment of interruption on the

day on which those proceedings are commenced.

5.
Proceedings on Third Reading shall (so far as not previously concluded) be

brought to a conclusion at the moment of interruption on that day.

6.
Standing Order No. 83B (Programming committees) shall not apply to

proceedings on Consideration and Third Reading.

Other proceedings

7.
Any other proceedings on the Bill (including any proceedings on

consideration of Lords Amendments or on any further messages from the

Lords) may be programmed.

Enterprise And Regulatory Reform Bill (Programme) (No.3)

Secretary Vince Cable

That the following provisions shall apply to the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill

for the purpose of supplementing the Orders of 11 June 2012 and 16 October 2012

(Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill (Programme) (No.2)):

Consideration of Lords Amendments

1.
Proceedings on consideration of Lords Amendments shall (so far as not

previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion two hours after their

commencement at today’s sitting.

2.
The Lords amendments shall be considered in the following order, namely

Lords Amendments Nos. 35 to 40, remaining Lords Amendments.

Subsequent stages

3.
Any further Message from the Lords may be considered forthwith without

any Question being put.

4.
The proceedings on any further Message from the Lords shall (so far as not

previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion one hour after their

commencement.



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