Is the noble Lord aware that the Equality Act 2010 does all of this? I recommend that he reads the guidance that accompanies that Act. The legislation received cross-party support in this House. It is a carefully balanced Act that already offers all the protections that the noble Lord mentioned.
Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Baroness Thornton
(Labour)
in the House of Lords on Monday, 17 June 2013.
It occurred during Committee of the Whole House (HL), Debate on bills and Committee proceeding on Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill.
Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
746 c60
Session
2013-14
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Librarians' tools
Timestamp
2014-03-31 12:00:59 +0100
URI
http://hansard.intranet.data.parliament.uk/Lords/2013-06-17/13061733000023
In Indexing
http://indexing.parliament.uk/Content/Edit/1?uri=http://hansard.intranet.data.parliament.uk/Lords/2013-06-17/13061733000023
In Solr
https://search.parliament.uk/claw/solr/?id=http://hansard.intranet.data.parliament.uk/Lords/2013-06-17/13061733000023