Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 (SR 2006/439). Lords debate on motion that a Humble address be presented to Her Majesty praying that the order be annulled. Motion disagreed to on division (68 to 199).
Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006
Debates on delegated legislation on Tuesday, 9 January 2007,
in the House of Lords,
led by Lord Morrow.
The answering
member was Lord Rooker.
Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
688 c179-213
Session
2006-07
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006
Friday, 24 November 2006
Statutory instruments
House of Lords
House of Commons
Friday, 24 November 2006
Statutory instruments
House of Lords
House of Commons
Merits of Statutory Instruments Committee. Third Report on draft SI on Accession (Immigration and Worker Authorisation) Regulations 2006 and SR 2006/439.
Thursday, 7 December 2006
Parliamentary committees
House of Lords
Thursday, 7 December 2006
Parliamentary committees
House of Lords
Proceeding contributions
Earl Ferrers | 688 c200-1 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, it is not as simple as that, as the noble Lord knows. The Government said it was an improp...
Lord Smith of Finsbury | 688 c200 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, before the noble Earl leaves the point about content, does he agree with the existing law ...
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Lord Rooker | 688 c207-8 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I am most grateful for noble Lords’ contributions and will do my level best to answer all ...
Lord Lester of Herne Hill | 688 c201-4 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, we on these Benches warmly welcome these regulations. We entirely support the Government’s...
Lord Glentoran | 688 c204-7 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, it is always disconcerting to follow such an elegant speaker as the noble Lord, Lord Leste...
Lord Ashdown of Norton-sub-Hamdon | 688 c193 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I find it difficult to understand the point that the noble Lord, Lord Tebbit, is making an...
Lord Tebbit | 688 c193 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, let me put it another way for the noble Lord. He is supporting legislation tonight that wo...
Viscount Brookeborough | 688 c193-4 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I rise briefly to support what the noble and most reverend Lord, Lord Eames, said. This is...
Lord Alli | 688 c194 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, would the noble Lord answer two questions for me? Would he allow me to stay in his guest h...
Viscount Brookeborough | 688 c194-5 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I would be delighted for the noble Lord to stay on the basis of both his colour and his se...
Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham | 688 c195-6 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I would like to pick up on some of the scenes that I have heard this evening in the Chambe...
Baroness Harris of Richmond | 688 c196-7 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, it is extremely rare to see so many of your Lordships in the Chamber when we are debating ...
Baroness O'Cathain | 688 c197-8 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, it seems extraordinary to me that we are now debating secondary legislation that is so fla...
Lord Alli | 688 c198-9 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, the legislation that we discuss changes but the arguments remain the same.
I thank my nob...
Earl Ferrers | 688 c199-200 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, there have been some very impressive speeches this evening. This is a sensitive matter and...
Lord Mackay of Clashfern | 688 c184-5 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, we all certainly need to reflect quite a lot on our attitudes and conduct. As I see it, th...
Lord Smith of Finsbury | 688 c183-4 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I rise to support these regulations. I have to confess that I am somewhat puzzled by the a...
Lord Morrow | 688 c179-83 (Link to this contribution)
rose to move that an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty praying that the regulations, laid b...
Lord Mackay of Clashfern | 688 c186 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, that would perhaps be a counsel of perfection which the noble Lord would like to advise, b...
Lord Moran | 688 c189-91 (Link to this contribution)
We must thank my noble friend Lord Morrow for giving us an opportunity to pass judgment on these hig...
Baroness Blood | 688 c188-9 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, a number of Peers, perhaps better qualified to speak than I am, wish to contribute, so I s...
Lord Lester of Herne Hill | 688 c193 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord for mentioning me so many times in the context of question...
Lord Tebbit | 688 c191-3 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I begin by saying something that may give comfort or cause concern to the noble Lord, Lord...
Lord Tebbit | 688 c193 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, the noble Lord is again going off on a wrong track. This is about the requirement for, for...
Lord Lester of Herne Hill | 688 c185 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, is it not the case that these regulations mirror what is already in law in relation to sex...
Lord Avebury | 688 c185 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, if the hypothetical person who runs a boarding house has such an objection to this particu...
Lord Mackay of Clashfern | 688 c185 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, the employment regulations outlaw discrimination on the ground of sexual orientation; that...
Lord Trimble | 688 c208 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, the Minister has made the point that the Great Britain regulations were brought in in para...
Lord Rooker | 688 c208 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, children can be removed from such lessons anyway, so, if parents are so aggrieved, their c...
Lord Rooker | 688 c208 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, the Secretary of State has made that abundantly clear on more than one occasion. It is the...
Lord Tebbit | 688 c208 (Link to this contribution)
Would the regulations allow a charge of harassment to be brought against an education authority by a...
Lord Rooker | 688 c209 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, it would depend on the merits and the circumstances of the case. There is a reasonable tes...
Lord Rooker | 688 c210-2 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I am not accusing anyone in this House of telling a lie, but it is what has been written a...
Lord Morrow | 688 c212-3 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I thank the noble Lord for bringing that to my attention. It is my intention to test the o...
Lord Morrow | 688 c212 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I have listened very intently to all that has been said this evening. I thank all noble Lo...
Lord Morrow | 688 c212 (Link to this contribution)
It might be as much yours, too.
I shall give an example. We are presently going through the process...
Lord Smith of Clifton | 688 c212 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord for giving way, but is it in order for him to go on making...
Lord Eames | 688 c186-8 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, perhaps I may presume to introduce one other aspect to this debate that is of great import...
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