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House of Commons

Notices of Amendments

given on

Monday 11 May 2009

Public Bill Committee

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Equality Bill

Mr Mark Harper

John Penrose

Mr John Baron

1

Page  1,  line  21,  leave out Clause 1.

Mr Mark Harper

John Penrose

Mr John Baron

2

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  29,  leave out subsection (3) and insert—

‘(3)	A Minister of the Crown may by regulations list public authorities to which this

section applies.’.

Mr Mark Harper

John Penrose

Mr John Baron

3

Page  2,  line  39,  leave out Clause 2.

Mr Mark Harper

John Penrose

Mr John Baron

4

Clause  1,  page  2,  line  18,  leave out subsection (4).

Mr Mark Harper

John Penrose

Mr John Baron

5

Page  3,  line  37,  leave out Clause 3.

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Mr Mark Harper

John Penrose

Mr John Baron

6

Clause  4,  page  4,  line  11,  at end insert ‘or paternity’.

Mr Mark Harper

John Penrose

Mr John Baron

7

Clause  13,  page  9,  line  5,  leave out ‘because of’ and insert ‘on grounds of’.

Mr Mark Harper

John Penrose

Mr John Baron

8

Clause  14,  page  10,  line  5,  leave out paragraph (c).

Mr Mark Harper

John Penrose

Mr John Baron

9

Clause  18,  page  13,  line  17,  leave out ‘disability’.

Mr Mark Harper

John Penrose

Mr John Baron

10

Clause  26,  page  19,  line  3,  leave out paragraph (a).

Mr Mark Harper

John Penrose

Mr John Baron

11

Clause  30,  page  22,  line  6,  leave out paragraph (a).

Mr Mark Harper

John Penrose

Mr John Baron

12

Page  55,  line  13,  leave out Clause 73.

Mr Mark Harper

John Penrose

Mr John Baron

13

Clause  73,  page  55,  line  20,  leave out paragraph (b).

Mr Mark Harper

John Penrose

Mr John Baron

14

Clause  73,  page  55,  line  19,  at end insert—

‘( )	the Armed Forces;

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( )	the Security Service, the Secret Intelligence Service or the Government

Communications Headquarters;’.

Mr Mark Harper

John Penrose

Mr John Baron

15

Clause  73,  page  55,  line  17,  leave out from ‘pay’ to end and insert—

‘(a)	of male and female employees, and

(b)	employees who have a disability and employees who do not have a

disability.’.

Mr Mark Harper

John Penrose

Mr John Baron

16

Clause  118,  page  85,  line  28,  leave out paragraph (c).

Mr Mark Harper

John Penrose

Mr John Baron

17

Clause  118,  page  85,  line  29,  leave out subsection (3) and insert—

‘(3)	In the event that an employment tribunal finds that an employer has contravened

a term modified or included by an equality clause, the employer shall be required

to undertake an audit, to be known as an equal pay audit, and to make the results

of the audit available in a manner prescribed in regulations made by the Secretary

of State.’.

Mr Mark Harper

John Penrose

Mr John Baron

18

Clause  118,  page  86,  line  8,  leave out subsection (7).

Mr Mark Harper

John Penrose

Mr John Baron

19

Clause  143,  page  105,  line  14,  leave out ‘A’ and insert ‘subsection (1) will also

apply to a’.

Mr Mark Harper

John Penrose

Mr John Baron

20

Clause  143,  page  105,  line  15,  leave out from ‘must’ to end of line 16 and insert

‘except in relation to matters of employment’.

Mr Mark Harper

John Penrose

Mr John Baron

21

Clause  143,  page  105,  line  35,  at end insert—

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‘(6)	A public authority must collect and publish data annually showing, in the exercise

of its functions, the extent to which it has succeeded in meeting the requirements

under subsection (1).’.

Mr Mark Harper

John Penrose

Mr John Baron

22

Clause  147,  page  108,  line  27,  at end insert—

‘(5)	Before regulations are made under this section, there must be laid before both

Houses of Parliament—

(a)	draft regulations,

(b)	evidence that the regulations will enable the better performance by public

authorities of the duty imposed by subsection (1).’.

Mr Mark Harper

John Penrose

Mr John Baron

23

Clause  153,  page  113,  line  16,  leave out ‘is as qualified as’ and insert ‘is equally

qualified to’.

Mr Mark Harper

John Penrose

Mr John Baron

24

Page  113,  line  1,  leave out Clause 153.

Mr Mark Harper

John Penrose

Mr John Baron

25

Page  135,  line  9,  leave out Clause 190.

Mr Mark Harper

John Penrose

Mr John Baron

26

Page  136,  line  1,  leave out Clause 191.

Free miners

Mr Mark Harper

John Penrose

Mr John Baron

NC1

To move the following Clause:—

‘The Dean Forest (Mines) Act 1838 shall be amended as follows—

“(1)	Section XIV (Who shall be deemed Free Miners), line 1, leave out

‘male’.

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(2)	Section XV (Quarrymen to be deemed Free Miners for certain purposes),

line 1, leave out ‘male’.”’.

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Revised 12 May 2009