Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2007 — 21 Mar 2007 at 22:09

The majority Not Contents defeated an Amendment that would have declined to pass the Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2007 due to a number of concerns, predominantly
  • Fears that religious teachers and preachers could be prosecuted for homophobia
  • Fears that Catholic adoption agencies and old people's homes would have to cater for gay couples or close
  • Arguments that preventing religions discriminating against homosexuals constitutes discrimination against religions
  • Arguments that there was not enough scope for debate and the topic was important enough that it ought to be presented as primary legislation with greater opportunities for amendment, rather than as regulations
  • and the fact that equivalent regulations in Northern Ireland were currently being contested in the courts and their legality had not been established.

Debate in Parliament | Source |

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NamePartyVote
Lord Acton Labno
Baroness Adams of CraigieleaLab (minister)no
Lord Addington LDem (front bench)no
Lord Adonis Lab (minister)no
Viscount Allenby of MegiddoCrossbenchaye
Lord Alli Labno
Lord Ampthill Crossbenchaye
Lord Anderson of SwanseaLabaye
Baroness Andrews Lab (minister)no
The Earl of ArranCon (front bench)aye
Baroness Ashton of UphollandLab (minister)no
Lord Avebury LDem (front bench)no
Lord Bach Labno
Baroness Barker LDem (front bench)no
Lord Bassam of BrightonLab (minister)no
Lord Bell Conaye
Lord Berkeley Labno
Lord Bernstein of CraigweilLabno
Lord Best Crossbench (front bench)no
Lord Bilston Labno
Lord Blackwell Con (front bench)aye
Lord Blaker Conaye
Viscount Bledisloe Crossbenchaye
Baroness Blood Labno
Baroness Bonham-Carter of YarnburyLDem (front bench)no
Baroness Bottomley of NettlestoneConaye
Lord Boyd of DuncansbyLabno
Lord Bradley Labno
Lord Bramall Crossbenchaye
Lord Brennan Labaye
Lord Brett Labno
Lord Broers Crossbench (front bench)aye
Lord Brooke of AlverthorpeLab (minister)no
Viscount Brookeborough Crossbenchaye
Lord Brookman Labaye
Lord Browne of BelmontDUPaye
Lord Burlison Labno
Lord Burnett LDemno
Baroness Butler-Sloss Crossbenchaye
Baroness Byford Con (front bench)aye
The Earl of CaithnessConaye
Lord Cameron of DillingtonCrossbenchaye
Lord Campbell of AllowayCon (front bench)aye
Lord Carlile of BerriewLDemno
Baroness Carnegy of LourConaye
Lord Carter of ColesLabno
Earl Cathcart Conaye
Viscount Chandos Labno
Lord Chidgey LDemno
Lord Clarke of HampsteadLabaye
Lord Clark of WindermereLabno
Lord Clinton-Davis Labno
Lord Cobbold Crossbenchaye
Lord Corbett of Castle ValeLabno
Baroness Cox Crossbenchaye
Viscount Craigavon Crossbenchno
Lord Crathorne Con (front bench)aye
Baroness Crawley Lab (minister)no
Baroness Cumberlege Conaye
Baroness D'Souza Crossbench (front bench)no
Baroness David Labno
Lord Davies of CoityLab (minister)aye
Lord Davies of OldhamLab (minister)tellno
Lord Dean of HarptreeConaye
Lord Dear Crossbenchaye
Lord Dearing Otheraye
Lord Denham Conaye
Lord Desai Labno
Lord Dholakia LDem (front bench)no
Lord Dixon-Smith Con (front bench)aye
Lord Donoughue Labaye
Lord Drayson Lab (minister)no
Lord Dubs Lab (minister)no
The Earl of DundeeCon (front bench)aye
Lord Dykes LDem (front bench)no
Lord Eames Crossbenchaye
Lord Eatwell Labno
Viscount Eccles Con (front bench)aye
Lord Eden of WintonConaye
Lord Elder Labno
Baroness Elles Conaye
Lord Elton Con (front bench)aye
Lord Evans of ParksideLabaye
Lord Evans of Temple GuitingLab (minister)no
Viscount Falkland LDem (front bench)no
Baroness Falkner of MargravineLDem (front bench)no
Baroness Farrington of RibbletonLab (minister)no
Lord Faulkner of WorcesterLab (minister)no
Earl Ferrers Con (front bench)aye
Lord Foulkes of CumnockLab (minister)no
Lord Fowler Conno
Baroness Gale Lab (minister)no
Lord Garden LDem (front bench)no
Baroness Gardner of ParkesCon (front bench)aye
Baroness Gibson of Market RasenLab (minister)no
The Earl of GlasgowLDem (front bench)no
Lord Glenarthur Con (front bench)aye
Baroness Golding Labno
Lord Goldsmith Lab (minister)no
Lord Goodhart LDem (front bench)no
Lord Gordon of StrathblaneLabaye
Baroness Goudie Labno
Lord Gould of BrookwoodLab (minister)no
Baroness Gould of PotternewtonLab (minister)no
Lord Graham of EdmontonLab (minister)no
Baroness Greengross Crossbenchno
Lord Greenway Crossbenchaye
Lord Griffiths of Burry PortLabno
Lord Grocott Lab (minister)tellno
Lord Hamilton of EpsomConaye
Baroness Hamwee LDem (front bench)no
Lord Harries of PentregarthCrossbenchno
Lord Harris of HaringeyLabno
Lord Harrison Lab (minister)no
Lord Harris of PeckhamConaye
Baroness Harris of RichmondLDem (front bench)no
Lord Hart of ChiltonLabno
Lord Haskins Crossbenchno
Lord Hastings of ScarisbrickCrossbenchaye
Lord Haworth Labno
Lord Hayhoe Conaye
Baroness Henig Labno
Baroness Hilton of EggardonLab (minister)no
Baroness Hollis of HeighamLab (minister)no
Baroness Hooper Con (front bench)aye
Lord Howard of RisingCon (front bench)aye
Baroness Howarth of BrecklandCrossbenchno
Lord Howarth of NewportLabno
Lord Howe of AberavonCon (front bench)aye
Baroness Howe of IdlicoteCrossbenchno
Baroness Howells of St DavidsLabno
Lord Howie of TroonLab (minister)no
Lord Hoyle Labno
Lord Hughes of WoodsideLabno
Lord Hutton Crossbenchaye
Lord Hylton Crossbenchaye
Lord James of BlackheathCon (front bench)aye
Baroness James of Holland ParkConaye
Lord Janner of BraunstoneLab (minister)no
Baroness Jay of PaddingtonLabno
Lord Jones of CheltenhamLDem (front bench)no
Baroness Jones of WhitchurchLabno
Lord Judd Lab (minister)no
Lord Kilclooney Crossbenchaye
Lord Kimball Conaye
Lord Kirkwood of KirkhopeLDemno
Lord Laing of DunphailConaye
Lord Lawson of BlabyCon (front bench)aye
Lord Layard Lab (minister)no
Lord Lea of CrondallLabno
Lord Lee of TraffordLDem (front bench)no
Lord Lester of Herne HillLDem (front bench)no
Baroness Linklater of ButterstoneLDem (front bench)no
Lord Lipsey Labno
The Earl of ListowelCrossbenchaye
Baroness Lockwood Labno
Lord Lofthouse of PontefractLabaye
Lord Low of DalstonCrossbenchno
Lord Lyell Conaye
Lord Lyell of MarkyateConaye
Lord Macdonald of TradestonLab (minister)no
Lord Mackay of ClashfernCon (front bench)aye
Lord MacKenzie of CulkeinLabno
Lord Mackie of BenshieLDemno
Lord MacLaurin of KnebworthCon (front bench)aye
Lord Maginnis of DrumglassUUPaye
Baroness Mallalieu Lab (minister)no
The Countess of MarCrossbench (front bench)no
The Earl of Mar and KellieLDem (front bench)no
Lord Marlesford Con (front bench)aye
Baroness Masham of IltonCrossbench (front bench)aye
Baroness Massey of DarwenLab (minister)no
Lord Mawhinney Conaye
Lord Maxton Labno
Lord Mayhew of TwysdenConaye
Baroness McDonagh Labno
Lord McIntosh of HaringeyLabno
Baroness McIntosh of HudnallLab (minister)no
Lord McKenzie of LutonLab (minister)no
Baroness Miller of Chilthorne DomerLDem (front bench)no
Lord Molyneaux of KilleadCrossbenchaye
Lord Monson Crossbenchaye
Viscount Montgomery of AlameinCrossbench (front bench)aye
The Duke of MontroseCon (front bench)aye
Lord Moran Crossbenchaye
Baroness Morgan of DrefelinLab (minister)no
Baroness Morgan of HuytonLabno
Baroness Morris of BoltonCon (front bench)aye
Baroness Morris of YardleyLabno
Lord Morrow DUPaye
Lord Moser Crossbench (front bench)aye
Baroness Murphy Crossbenchno
Lord Murton of LindisfarneConaye
Lord Neill of BladenCrossbenchaye
Lord Newby LDem (front bench)no
Baroness Noakes Con (front bench)no
The Duke of NorfolkCrossbenchaye
The Earl of NortheskConaye
Lord Norton of LouthCon (front bench)no
Baroness O'Cathain Con (front bench)tellaye
Lord Oakeshott of Seagrove BayLDem (front bench)no
Baroness Paisley of St George'sDUPaye
Lord Palmer Crossbench (front bench)tellaye
Lord Palumbo Conaye
Baroness Park of MonmouthConaye
Lord Patel of BradfordCrossbenchno
Lord Patten Conaye
Lord Pearson of RannochUKIPaye
Lord Pendry Labaye
Lord Pilkington of OxenfordConaye
Lord Plumb Conaye
Baroness Prosser Lab (minister)no
Baroness Quin Lab (minister)no
Lord Quinton Conaye
Baroness Ramsay of CartvaleLabno
Lord Rea Lab (minister)no
Lord Reay Conaye
Lord Redesdale LDem (front bench)no
Lord Rees Conaye
Lord Rees-Mogg Crossbenchaye
Lord Rees of LudlowCrossbenchno
Baroness Rendell of BaberghLab (minister)no
Lord Rennard LDemno
Lord Richard Lab (minister)no
Lord Roberts of ConwyCon (front bench)aye
Lord Roberts of LlandudnoLDem (front bench)no
Lord Robertson of Port EllenCrossbenchno
Lord Rodgers of Quarry BankLDemno
Lord Rooker Lab (minister)no
Lord Roper LDem (front bench)no
Lord Rosser Lab (minister)no
Baroness Royall of BlaisdonLab (minister)no
Lord Sainsbury of TurvilleLabno
Lady Saltoun of AbernethyCrossbench (front bench)aye
The Earl of SandwichCrossbenchno
Lord Sawyer Labno
Baroness Scotland of AsthalLab (minister)no
Baroness Seccombe Con (front bench)aye
Lord Sewel Lab (minister)no
Baroness Sharples Conaye
The Earl of ShrewsburyConaye
Lord Shutt of GreetlandLDem (front bench)no
Lord Skelmersdale Con (front bench)aye
Lord Smith of CliftonLDem (front bench)no
Lord Smith of FinsburyLabno
Lord Soley Labno
The Bishop of Southwell and NottinghamBishopaye
Lord St John of FawsleyConno
Lord Steel of AikwoodLDemno
Lord Stewartby Conaye
Lord Stoddart of SwindonIndependent Labouraye
Lord Stone of BlackheathLabno
Lord Swinfen Conaye
Baroness Symons of Vernham DeanLab (minister)no
Lord Taverne LDem (front bench)no
Baroness Taylor of BoltonLabno
Lord Taylor of HolbeachCon (front bench)aye
Lord Tebbit Conaye
Lord Teverson LDem (front bench)no
Lord Thomas of GresfordLDem (front bench)no
Baroness Thomas of WalliswoodLDem (front bench)no
Baroness Thomas of WinchesterLDem (front bench)no
Lord Tombs Crossbenchaye
Lord Tomlinson Lab (minister)no
Lord Tordoff LDem (front bench)no
Viscount Trenchard Conaye
Lord Triesman Lab (minister)no
Lord Tunnicliffe Lab (minister)no
Baroness Turner of CamdenLabno
Lord Tyler LDemno
Viscount Ullswater Con (front bench)aye
Lord Waddington Conaye
Lord Walker of WorcesterConaye
Baroness Walmsley LDem (front bench)no
Baroness Warwick of UndercliffeLabno
Lord Watson of InvergowrieLabno
Lord Wedderburn of CharltonCrossbenchno
Baroness Whitaker Labno
Lord Whitty Labno
Baroness Williams of CrosbyLDemaye
Lord Williamson of HortonCrossbench (front bench)aye
Lord Willoughby de Broke UKIPaye
The Bishop of WinchesterBishopaye
Lord Winston Labno
Lord Wolfson Conaye
Lord Wolfson of SunningdaleConaye
Lord Woolmer of LeedsLabno
The Archbishop of YorkBishopaye
Lord Young of Norwood GreenLabno
Baroness Young of Old SconeLabno

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