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House of Commons

 
 

Tuesday 6th December 2005

 

Standing Committee Proceedings

 

Standing Committee A

 

Equality Bill [Lords]

 

[Fifth and Sixth sittings]

 

Clause 43 Agreed to.

 

 

Mr Dominic Grieve

 

Mrs Eleanor Laing

 

Mr David Evennett

 

James Brokenshire

 

 

Withdrawn  97

 

Clause  44,  page  26,  line  25,  leave out ‘or belief’.

 

Mr Dominic Grieve

 

Mrs Eleanor Laing

 

Mr David Evennett

 

James Brokenshire

 

 

Not called  98

 

Clause  44,  page  26,  line  29,  leave out ‘or belief’.

 

Mr Dominic Grieve

 

Mrs Eleanor Laing

 

Mr David Evennett

 

James Brokenshire

 

 

Not called  99

 

Clause  44,  page  26,  line  30,  leave out ‘or belief’.

 

Mr Dominic Grieve

 

Mrs Eleanor Laing

 

Mr David Evennett

 

James Brokenshire

 

 

Not called  100

 

Clause  44,  page  26,  line  34,  leave out ‘or belief’.

 
 

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Equality Bill–[ [], continued

 
 

Mr Dominic Grieve

 

Mrs Eleanor Laing

 

Mr David Evennett

 

James Brokenshire

 

 

Not selected  101

 

Clause  44,  page  26,  line  34,  at end insert ‘and’.

 

Mr Dominic Grieve

 

Mrs Eleanor Laing

 

Mr David Evennett

 

James Brokenshire

 

 

Not called  102

 

Clause  44,  page  26,  line  35,  leave out ‘or belief’.

 

Mr Dominic Grieve

 

Mrs Eleanor Laing

 

Mr David Evennett

 

James Brokenshire

 

 

Not called  103

 

Clause  44,  page  26,  line  39,  leave out ‘or belief’.

 

Mr Dominic Grieve

 

Mrs Eleanor Laing

 

Mr David Evennett

 

James Brokenshire

 

 

Not called  104

 

Clause  44,  page  26,  line  42,  leave out ‘or belief’.

 

Mr Dominic Grieve

 

Mrs Eleanor Laing

 

Mr David Evennett

 

James Brokenshire

 

 

Withdrawn  105

 

Clause  44,  page  26,  line  41,  leave out from ‘justify’ to end of line 42.

 

Mr Dominic Grieve

 

Mrs Eleanor Laing

 

Mr David Evennett

 

James Brokenshire

 

 

Not called  106

 

Clause  44,  page  27,  line  14,  leave out subsection (5).

 

Mr Dominic Grieve

 

Mrs Eleanor Laing

 

Mr David Evennett

 

James Brokenshire

 

 

Not called  107

 

Clause  44,  page  27,  line  15,  leave out ‘, not in good faith,’.

 
 

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Equality Bill–[ [], continued

 
 

Clause Agreed to.

 

 

Mr Dominic Grieve

 

Mrs Eleanor Laing

 

Mr David Evennett

 

James Brokenshire

 

 

Withdrawn  134

 

Clause  45,  page  27,  line  18,  leave out from ‘public’ to ‘of’ in line 19.

 

Mr Dominic Grieve

 

Mrs Eleanor Laing

 

Mr David Evennett

 

James Brokenshire

 

 

Not called  135

 

Clause  45,  page  27,  line  26,  leave out subparagraph (ii).

 

Mr Dominic Grieve

 

Mrs Eleanor Laing

 

Mr David Evennett

 

James Brokenshire

 

 

Not called  136

 

Clause  45,  page  27,  line  31,  leave out subparagraph (ii).

 

Mr Dominic Grieve

 

Mrs Eleanor Laing

 

Mr David Evennett

 

James Brokenshire

 

 

Not called  137

 

Clause  45,  page  27,  line  36,  leave out subparagraph (ii).

 

Mr Dominic Grieve

 

Mrs Eleanor Laing

 

Mr David Evennett

 

James Brokenshire

 

Withdrawn  151

 

Clause  45,  page  27,  line  39,  at end insert ‘but not a boarding house with

 

accommodation for under 12 persons where the owner or his near relatives reside on the

 

premises.’.

 

Mr Dominic Grieve

 

Mrs Eleanor Laing

 

Mr David Evennett

 

James Brokenshire

 

 

Not selected  108

 

Clause  45,  page  28,  line  5,  leave out from beginning to first ‘to’ in line 6 and insert

 

‘refusing’.

 
 

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Equality Bill–[ [], continued

 
 

Clause Agreed to.

 

Clause 46 Agreed to.

 

 

Meg Munn

 

Agreed to  14

 

Clause  47,  page  28,  line  36,  leave out ‘46(1), (2) and (5)’ and insert ‘46’.

 

Mr Dominic Grieve

 

Mrs Eleanor Laing

 

Mr David Evennett

 

James Brokenshire

 

 

Not called  109

 

Clause  47,  page  28,  line  36,  leave out ‘(5)’ and insert ‘(3)’.

 

Mr Dominic Grieve

 

Mrs Eleanor Laing

 

Mr David Evennett

 

James Brokenshire

 

 

Not called  110

 

Clause  47,  page  28,  line  43,  leave out subparagraph (i).

 

Mr Dominic Grieve

 

Mrs Eleanor Laing

 

Mr David Evennett

 

James Brokenshire

 

 

Not called  111

 

Clause  47,  page  29,  line  2,  leave out ‘six’ and insert ‘twelve’.

 

Mr Dominic Grieve

 

Mrs Eleanor Laing

 

Mr David Evennett

 

James Brokenshire

 

Not called  152

 

Clause  47,  page  29,  line  18,  at end add—

 

‘(4)    

For the purposes of this part, “premises” shall include a boarding house or similar

 

establishment with accommodation for under 12 persons.’.

 

Meg Munn

 

Mr Dominic Grieve

 

Mrs Eleanor Laing

 

Mr David Evennett

 

James Brokenshire

 

Agreed to  15

 

Clause  47,  page  29,  line  11,  leave out ‘(5)’ and insert ‘(3)’.

 

Clause, as amended, Agreed to.

 
 

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Equality Bill–[ [], continued

 
 

Clause 48 Agreed to.

 

 

Dr Evan Harris

 

Sandra Gidley

 

Withdrawn  154

 

Clause  49,  page  30,  line  11,  leave out ‘(1)’ and insert ‘(1) (a), (1) (b), (1) (c) (i) and

 

(1) (c) (ii)’.

 

Dr Evan Harris

 

Sandra Gidley

 

Not called  153

 

Clause  49,  page  30,  line  31,  leave out ‘or (iv)’.

 

Dr Evan Harris

 

Sandra Gidley

 

Not called  155

 

Clause  49,  page  30,  line  33,  after ‘curriculum’, insert ‘in relation to religious

 

instruction or religious education’.

 

Mr Dominic Grieve

 

Mrs Eleanor Laing

 

Mr David Evennett

 

James Brokenshire

 

 

Withdrawn  112

 

Clause  49,  page  30,  line  38,  leave out ‘or repeal’.

 

Mr Dominic Grieve

 

Mrs Eleanor Laing

 

Mr David Evennett

 

James Brokenshire

 

 

Not called  113

 

Clause  49,  page  30,  line  40,  leave out paragraph (c).

 

Mr Dominic Grieve

 

Mrs Eleanor Laing

 

Mr David Evennett

 

James Brokenshire

 

 

Not called  114

 

Clause  49,  page  31,  line  4,  leave out paragraph (b).

 

Mr Dominic Grieve

 

Mrs Eleanor Laing

 

Mr David Evennett

 

James Brokenshire

 

 

Not called  115

 

Clause  49,  page  31,  line  7,  leave out paragraph (c).

 
 

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Equality Bill–[ [], continued

 
 

Clause Agreed to.

 

Clause 50 Agreed to.

 

 

Sandra Gidley

 

Dr Evan Harris

 

Not selected  46

 

Clause  51,  page  32,  line  5,  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’.

 

Mr Dominic Grieve

 

Mrs Eleanor Laing

 

Mr David Evennett

 

James Brokenshire

 

 

Withdrawn  116

 

Clause  51,  page  32,  line  12,  leave out paragraph (d).

 

Mr Dominic Grieve

 

Mrs Eleanor Laing

 

Mr David Evennett

 

James Brokenshire

 

 

Not called  117

 

Clause  51,  page  32,  line  13,  leave out paragraph (e).

 

Mr Dominic Grieve

 

Mrs Eleanor Laing

 

Mr David Evennett

 

James Brokenshire

 

 

Not called  118

 

Clause  51,  page  32,  line  14,  leave out paragraph (f).

 

Mr Dominic Grieve

 

Mrs Eleanor Laing

 

Mr David Evennett

 

James Brokenshire

 

 

Not called  119

 

Clause  51,  page  32,  line  15,  leave out paragraph (g).

 

Mr Dominic Grieve

 

Mrs Eleanor Laing

 

Mr David Evennett

 

James Brokenshire

 

 

Withdrawn  120

 

Clause  51,  page  32,  line  30,  leave out paragraph (f).

 
 

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Equality Bill–[ [], continued

 
 

Meg Munn

 

Mr Dominic Grieve

 

Mrs Eleanor Laing

 

Mr David Evennett

 

James Brokenshire

 

Agreed to  16

 

Clause  51,  page  32,  leave out line 47.

 

Mr Dominic Grieve

 

Mrs Eleanor Laing

 

Mr David Evennett

 

James Brokenshire

 

 

Not called  121

 

Clause  51,  page  32,  line  48,  leave out paragraph (g).

 

Meg Munn

 

Agreed to  17

 

Clause  51,  page  33,  leave out line 11.

 

Meg Munn

 

Agreed to  18

 

Clause  51,  page  33,  leave out line 14.

 

Meg Munn

 

Mr Dominic Grieve

 

Mrs Eleanor Laing

 

Mr David Evennett

 

James Brokenshire

 

Agreed to  19

 

Clause  51,  page  33,  line  17,  leave out ‘(but this exception does not have effect in

 

relation to harassment)’.

 

Mr Dominic Grieve

 

Mrs Eleanor Laing

 

Mr David Evennett

 

James Brokenshire

 

 

Withdrawn  138

 

Clause  51,  page  33,  line  41,  at end insert—­

 

‘(n)    

action in relation to—

 

(i)    

acts of worship or other religious observance organised by, or on

 

behalf of, any public authority,

 

(ii)    

the maintenance of places of worship or of any chattels,

 

furnishing or equipment for religious worship or instruction on

 

behalf of any public authority, or

 

(iii)    

the payment of any person for the purpose of facilitating acts of

 

religious worship.’.

 
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