189

House of Commons

Notices of Amendments

given on

Tuesday 16 June 2009

For other Amendment(s) see the following page(s):

Equality Bill Committee 152-188

Public Bill Committee

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Equality Bill

Mr Tim Boswell

242

Clause  143,  page  105,  line  13,  at end insert—

‘(d)	respect and protect the human rights of any person for whom it has

responsibility, whether or not they have a relevant protected

characteristic.’.

Assistance with human rights

Mr Tim Boswell

NC18

To move the following Clause:—

‘The Equality and Human Rights Commission may assist any person (or group of

persons with similar characteristics), whether or not they have a relevant

protected characteristic, if it deems it appropriate and necessary in order to protect

the human rights of that person or persons.’.

Notices of Amendments: 16 June 2009

190

Equality Bill, continued

Volunteers

Mr Tim Boswell

NC19

To move the following Clause:—

‘For the avoidance of doubt, with the exlusion of matters related to remuneration,

all rights of employees under this Act are deemed to extend to persons who work

as volunteers without remuneration; and all duties of employees and their

employers to avoid discrimination are deemed to extend to volunteers working

without remuneration.’.

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Revised 17 June 2009