Discrimination ban welcomed
Summary
The Government intends to use its powers in Part 3 of the
Equality Act 2006 to make regulations prohibiting discrimination on the grounds
of sexual orientation in the provision of goods, facilities and services in
education and in the exercise of public functions.
In this report
‘Legislative
scrutiny: Sexual Orientation Regulations’ (HL 58/HC 350) the Joint
Committee on Human Rights draws attention to the human rights issues of these
regulations, welcoming the regulations proposed under the
Equality
Act 2006 and the Prime Minister's statement indicating that exemptions will
not be given to religious organisations.
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This is a House of Lords
Paper (HL 58) and a House of Commons Paper (HC 350): it is a Report from the
Joint Committee on Human Rights.
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How
does it affect me?
If you are interested in the Sexual Orientation
Regulations, this may be of interest to you.
The proposed Sexual
Orientation Regulations will bring in new rules outlawing businesses from
discriminating against homosexuals. Here, the Joint Committee on Human Rights
supports the decision to refuse exemption from the regulations for religious
organisations.
See the
Prime Minister’s
statement in full.
Read more about the work of the
Joint
Committee on Human Rights.
See a list of
Joint
Committee on Human Rights current inquiries.
