Amendments proposed to the Equality Bill [Lords] - continued	House of Commons
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Mr Dominic Grieve
Mrs Eleanor Laing
Mr David Evennett
James Brokenshire

126

Clause     52,     page     34,     line     38,     leave out subsection (2).

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Mr Dominic Grieve
Mrs Eleanor Laing
Mr David Evennett
James Brokenshire

127

Clause     54,     page     35,     line     27,     leave out subsection (3).

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Sandra Gidley
Dr Evan Harris

40

Clause     56,     page     36,     line     41,     leave out 'imposed' and insert 'reasonably justified'.

   

Sandra Gidley
Dr Evan Harris

43

Clause     56,     page     36,     line     43,     leave out paragraph (b) and insert—

'(b)	in order to avoid conflict with the strongly held religious convictions or beliefs of a significant number of persons of the religion or belief to which the organisation relates.'.

   

Dr Evan Harris
Sandra Gidley

157

Clause     56,     page     36,     line     43,     after 'causing', insert 'serious'.

   

Mr Dominic Grieve
Mrs Eleanor Laing
Mr David Evennett
James Brokenshire

128

Clause     56,     page     36,     line     43,     leave out first 'to' to 'of' in line 44 and insert 'comply with the principles and practices'.

   

Sandra Gidley
Dr Evan Harris

35

Clause     56,     page     36,     line     44,     at end insert—

    '(5A)   Nothing in this section shall make it lawful for an organisation to which this section applies, and which performs a public function, to act contrary to the provisions of section 51 (1) in the perfomance of that function unless in so doing it is acting under, and in accordance with, a requirement of a contract with a public authority to perform that function.'.

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Sandra Gidley
Dr Evan Harris

41

Clause     57,     page     37,     line     10,     leave out 'imposed' and insert 'reasonably justified'.

   

Sandra Gidley
Dr Evan Harris

36

Clause     57,     page     37,     line     17,     at end insert—

    '(2A)   Nothing in this section shall make it lawful for a person to whom this section applies, and who performs a public function, to act contrary to the provisions of section 51 (1) in the performance of that function unless in so doing he is acting under, and in accordance with, a requirement of a contract with a public authority to perform that function.'.

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Sandra Gidley
Dr Evan Harris

42

Clause     58,     page     37,     line     28,     leave out 'imposed' and insert 'reasonably justified'.

   

Sandra Gidley
Dr Evan Harris

44

Clause     58,     page     37,     line     30,     leave out paragraph (b) and insert—

'(b)	in order to avoid conflict with the strongly held religious convictions or beliefs of a significant number of persons of the religion or belief to which the institution relates.'.

   

Mr Dominic Grieve
Mrs Eleanor Laing
Mr David Evennett
James Brokenshire

129

Clause     58,     page     37,     line     30,     leave out from first 'to' to 'persons' in line 31 and insert 'conform to the religion or belief of'.

   

Dr Evan Harris
Sandra Gidley

158

Clause     58,     page     37,     line     30,     after 'causing', insert 'serious'.

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Dr Evan Harris
Sandra Gidley

159

Page     37,     line     35,     leave out Clause 59.

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Mr Dominic Grieve
Mrs Eleanor Laing
Mr David Evennett
James Brokenshire

130

Page     38,     line     14,     leave out Clause 62.

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Mr Dominic Grieve
Mrs Eleanor Laing
Mr David Evennett
James Brokenshire

131

Page     41,     line     31,     leave out Clause 70.

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Mr Dominic Grieve
Mrs Eleanor Laing
Mr David Evennett
James Brokenshire

132

Clause     73,     page     43,     line     9,     leave out subsection (2).

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Mr Dominic Grieve
Mrs Eleanor Laing
Mr David Evennett
James Brokenshire

84

Clause     80,     page     45,     line     40,     after 'orientation', insert 'or transgender status'.

   

Ms Celia Barlow

133

Clause     80,     page     46,     line     25,     at end insert—

'(c)	shall be introduced at the same time as Part 2 of the Act and shall be comprehensive in nature.'.

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Vera Baird

139

Clause     81,     page     48,     leave out lines 30 and 31 and insert—'The provision of separate services exclusively or primarily to members of one sex where justified by a legitimate aim and where the means of achieving that aim are appropriate and necessary.'.

   

Vera Baird

140

Clause     81,     page     48,     leave out lines 32 to 37 and insert—'The maintenance or adoption of specific measures to prevent or compensate for disadvantages linked to sex, where justified by the aim of ensuring full equality in practice between men and women and where the means of achieving that aim are appropriate and necessary.'.

   

Vera Baird

141

Clause     81,     page     49,     leave out lines 1 to 16.

   

Sandra Gidley
Dr Evan Harris

47

Clause     81,     page     46,     line     41,     leave out 'any person who has functions of a public nature' and insert 'any person certain of whose functions are functions of a public nature'.

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Vera Baird

143

Clause     82,     page     50,     line     1,     leave out 'and'.

   

Sandra Gidley
Dr Evan Harris

71

Clause     82,     page     50,     line     2,     at end insert 'and those intending to undergo, undergoing or who have undergone gender reassignment.'.

   

Sandra Gidley
Dr Evan Harris

72

Clause     82,     page     50,     line     2,     at end insert 'and

'(c)	to eliminate the harassment of persons who are intending to undergo, are undergoing or have undergone gender reassignment, or who have a committment to maintaining a transgender identity.'.

   

Vera Baird

144

Clause     82,     page     50,     line     2,     at end insert 'and

(c)	to promote equality of opportunity for those with unpaid responsibility for the care of another person or persons.'.

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Vera Baird

145

Clause     83,     page     51,     line     10,     at end insert—

    '(1A)   The Secretary of State shall by order impose on a person to whom the duty in section 76A (1) applies, or in so far as that duty applies to a person, a duty which the Secretary of State thinks will ensure a better performance of the duty under section 76A (1) in respect of functions related to education.'.

   

Vera Baird

146

Clause     83,     page     51,     line     11,     leave out 'subsection (1)' and insert 'subsections (1) and (2)'.

   

Vera Baird

147

Clause     83,     page     51,     line     15,     leave out 'subsection (1)' and insert 'subsections (1) and (2)'.

   

Vera Baird

148

Clause     83,     page     51,     line     18,     leave out 'subsection (1)' and insert 'subsections (1) and (2)'.

   

Vera Baird

149

Clause     83,     page     51,     line     21,     leave out 'subsection (1)' and insert 'subsections (1) and (2)'.

   

Vera Baird

150

Clause     83,     page     51,     line     24,     after 'section 76B (1)', insert 'or section 76B (2)'.

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Meg Munn

33

Schedule     4,     page     82,     line     10,     column 2, at end insert—

'Section 49I.'.

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Meg Munn

1

Clause     92,     page     56,     line     6,     after 'But', insert—

'(a)	section [Sexual orientation: regulations for Northern Ireland] extends only to Northern Ireland, and

(b)

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Meg Munn

20

Clause     93,     page     56,     line     14,     leave out subsection (2).

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NEW CLAUSES

Sexual orientation: regulations for Northern Ireland

   

Meg Munn

NC1

To move the following Clause:—

    '(1)   The Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister may by regulations make provision about discrimination or harassment on grounds of sexual orientation.

    (2)   In subsection (1) "sexual orientation" has the same meaning as in the Employment Equality (Sexual Orientation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 (SR 2003 No. 497).

    (3)   The regulations may, in particular—

(a)	make provision of a kind similar to Part 3 of the Race Relations Order (discrimination on grounds of race, etc. other than in employment field) and Part 4 of that Order so far as it applies for the purposes of Part 3;

(b)	define discrimination;

(c)	define harassment;

(d)	make provision for enforcement (which may, in particular, include provision—

(i)	creating a criminal offence of a kind similar to, and with the same maximum penalties as, an offence created by the Race Relations Order;

(ii)	about validity and revision of contracts;

(iii)

about discriminatory advertisements;

(iv)	about instructing or causing discrimination or harassment);

(e)	provide for exceptions (whether or not of a kind similar to those provided for by Part 6 of the Race Relations Order or any other enactment relating to discrimination);

(f)	confer powers or impose duties or restrictions on the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland of a kind similar to those conferred or imposed on the Commission by Part 7 of the Race Relations Order;

(g)	make provision which applies generally or only in specified cases or circumstances;

(h)	make different provision for different cases or circumstances;

(i)	include incidental or consequential provision (which may include provision amending an enactment);

(j)	include transitional provision.

    (4)   The power to make regulations under this section is exercisable by statutory rule for the purposes of the Statutory Rules (Northern Ireland) Order 1979 (SI 1979/ 1573 (NI 12)).

    (5)   Regulations may not be made under this section unless a draft has been laid before and approved by resolution of the Northern Ireland Assembly.

    (6)   In this section—

"the Race Relations Order" means the Race Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 (SI 1997/ 869 (NI 6);

"enactment" includes an enactment contained in or made under Northern Ireland legislation.'.

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Prepared 6 Dec 2005