Proceeding contribution from Lord Wallace of Tankerness (Liberal Democrat) in the House of Lords on Tuesday, 23 March 2010. It occurred during Debate on bill on Equality Bill.
Equality Bill
My Lords, as I understand it, the structure of the amendment makes the change applicable only to England and Wales, because it is an amendment to Section 6 of the Civil Partnership Act 2004. Although equality and anti-discrimination issues are generally reserved to this Parliament under Schedule 5 to the Scotland Act, will the Leader of the House confirm that the subject matter of the amendment is such that it would be within the competence of the Scottish Parliament to make parallel changes in Scotland if that Parliament wished to follow the example set by this House?
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- 718 c868
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- 2009-10
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- House of Lords chamber
- Subjects
- Disability Civil partnerships Candidates Ceremonies Women Equality EU law Discrimination Political parties Religion Religious buildings Philosophy Religious sects Church of Scientology Reasonable adjustments
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- Equality Bill 2008-09 to 2009-10
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