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Public Bill Committee Proceedings: 18 June 2009
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Equality Bill, continued

Mr Mark Harper

John Penrose

Mr John Baron

Withdrawn  207

Clause  36,  page  26,  line  22,  at end insert—

‘(1A)
An employer must not ask for details of an applicant’s health or disabilities before

an offer of employment to which subsection (1) applies has been made except in

so far as necessary to make reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process.’.

Mr Mark Harper

John Penrose

Mr John Baron

Not called  208

Clause  36,  page  26,  line  34,  at end insert—

‘(3A)
An employer must not ask for details of an applicant’s health or disabilities before

an offer to which subsection (3) applies has been made except in so far as

necessary to make reasonable adjustments to the selection process.’.

Clause Agreed to.

Clause 37 Agreed to.

[Adjourned until Tuesday 23 June at 10.30 am.



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