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Public Bill Committee Proceedings: 16 June 2009            

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Equality Bill, continued

 
 

Lynne Featherstone

 

Dr Evan Harris

 

Not called  200

 

Clause  16,  page  12,  line  1,  leave out subsection (4) and insert—

 

‘(4)    

A person (A) discriminates against a woman if A treats her unfavourably because

 

she is breast-feeding regardless of the age of the child.’.

 

The Solicitor General

 

Lynne Featherstone

 

Dr Evan Harris

 

Agreed to  93

 

Clause  16,  page  12,  line  1,  leave out ‘less favourably’ and insert ‘unfavourably’.

 

The Solicitor General

 

Agreed to  94

 

Clause  16,  page  12,  line  2,  leave out ‘less favourably’ and insert ‘unfavourably’.

 

The Solicitor General

 

Lynne Featherstone

 

Dr Evan Harris

 

Agreed to  95

 

Clause  16,  page  12,  line  13,  leave out subsection (7).

 

Clause, as amended, Agreed to.

 


 

Lynne Featherstone

 

Dr Evan Harris

 

Not called  140

 

Clause  17,  page  12,  line  18,  leave out ‘maternity’ and insert ‘parenthood’.

 

The Solicitor General

 

Lynne Featherstone

 

Dr Evan Harris

 

Agreed to  96

 

Clause  17,  page  12,  line  20,  leave out ‘less favourably’ and insert ‘unfavourably’.

 

Lynne Featherstone

 

Dr Evan Harris

 

Not called  149

 

Clause  17,  page  12,  line  22,  at end insert—

 

‘(2A)    

A person (A) discriminates against a man if, in a protected period in relation to a

 

child he has fathered, A treats him unfavourably because he is a father.’.

 

The Solicitor General

 

Lynne Featherstone

 

Dr Evan Harris

 

Agreed to  97

 

Clause  17,  page  12,  line  23,  leave out ‘less favourably’ and insert ‘unfavourably’.


 
 

Public Bill Committee Proceedings: 16 June 2009            

19

 

Equality Bill, continued

 
 

The Solicitor General

 

Lynne Featherstone

 

Dr Evan Harris

 

Agreed to  98

 

Clause  17,  page  12,  line  25,  leave out ‘less favourably’ and insert ‘unfavourably’.

 

Lynne Featherstone

 

Dr Evan Harris

 

Not called  150

 

Clause  17,  page  12,  line  27,  at end insert—

 

‘(4A)    

A person (A) discriminates against a man if A treats him less favourably because

 

he is exercising or seeking to exercise, or has exercised or sought to exercise, the

 

right to paternity leave.’.

 

Lynne Featherstone

 

Dr Evan Harris

 

Not called  151

 

Clause  17,  page  12,  line  38,  at end insert—

 

‘(6A)    

The protected period, in relation to paternity, begins with pregnancy and ends 52

 

weeks after the child is born.’.

 

Clause, as amended, Agreed to.

 


 

Lynne Featherstone

 

Dr Evan Harris

 

Withdrawn  153

 

Clause  18,  page  13,  line  13,  leave out ‘a proportionate means of achieving a

 

legitimate aim’ and insert ‘objectively justified by a legitimate aim and the means of

 

achieving that aim are appropriate and necessary.’.

 

Mr Mark Harper

 

John Penrose

 

Mr John Baron

 

Not called  169

 

Clause  18,  page  13,  line  14,  at end insert—

 

‘(2A)    

If the protected characteristic is disability, this section applies to a person who is

 

perceived to have a disability.’.

 

Mr Mark Harper

 

John Penrose

 

Mr John Baron

 

Withdrawn  9

 

Clause  18,  page  13,  leave out line 17.

 

Lynne Featherstone

 

Dr Evan Harris

 

Not called  152

 

Clause  18,  page  13,  line  23,  at end insert—

 

‘parenthood.’.


 
 

Public Bill Committee Proceedings: 16 June 2009            

20

 

Equality Bill, continued

 
 

Dr Evan Harris

 

Lynne Featherstone

 

Withdrawn  224

 

Clause  18,  page  13,  line  23,  at end add ‘pregnancy and maternity’.

 

John Mason

 

Withdrawn  37

 

Clause  18,  page  13,  line  23,  at end insert—

 

‘(4)    

If the protected characteristic is religion or belief, for the purposes of subsection

 

(1), and subject to subsection (2), a provision, criterion or practice is

 

discriminatory if it requires persons of B’s religion or belief to act in a way which

 

contravenes the stated doctrinal or ethical teachings of the religion or belief.’.

 

Mr Mark Harper

 

John Penrose

 

Mr John Baron

 

Not called  198

 

Clause  18,  page  13,  line  23,  at end add—

 

‘(4)    

If the protected characteristic is disability, nothing in the section shall be taken to

 

prohibit more favourable treatment of a disabled person on the grounds of the

 

disabled person’s disability.’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

[Adjourned until Thursday at 9.00 am.


 
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