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Proceeding contribution from Baroness Turner of Camden (Labour) in the House of Lords on Wednesday, 13 January 2010. It occurred during Committee of the Whole House (HL) and Debate on bill on Equality Bill.

Equality Bill

My Lords, I hope that my noble friend will not agree to this amendment. I am a member of the British Humanist Association. I gather that it believes that the exclusion of philosophy from the Bill would be damaging to it. The association thinks that it is necessary to protect its existence, in the same way that it is willing to agree to the protection of people from a number of religious beliefs. Does my noble friend accept that including "philosophical" would enable the Humanist Association to regard itself as protected? "Philosophical" would also protect people who have no belief at all. The association to which I belong has a certain set of beliefs, and believes that it would be protected by including "philosophy" in the Bill.

Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
716 c520 
Session
2009-10
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Subjects
Disability Age Conscientious objectors Employment Equality Homosexuality EU law Information Harassment Discrimination Holidays Older people Pupils Package holidays Visual impairment Schools Religion Tax allowances Sexuality Taxation Religious buildings Teenage pregnancy Atheism Philosophy Church of Scientology Humanism Transgender people Reasonable adjustments
Legislation
Equality Bill 2008-09 to 2009-10
Link
View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk