Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill — Report (1st Day) (Continued) — 8 Jul 2013 at 23:48

Amendment 49

Moved by Lord Anderson of Swansea

49: After Clause 7, insert the following new Clause-

“Employment protection

(1) After section 47F of the Employment Rights Act 1996 insert-

“47G Beliefs about the definition of marriage

(1) An employee has the right not to be subjected to any detriment by any act, or any deliberate failure to act, by his employer on the ground that the employee believes or expresses a belief that marriage should only take place between a man and a woman, provided that belief is expressed in a reasonable manner.

(2) This section is without prejudice to any rights which an employer may have under Schedule 9 to the Equality Act 2010.”

(2) In section 48 of the Employment Rights Act 1996, at the end of subsection (1) insert “or 47G”.””

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Party Summary

Votes by party, red entries are votes against the majority for that party.

What is Tell? '+1 tell' means that in addition one member of that party was a teller for that division lobby.

What is Turnout? This is measured against the total membership of the party at the time of the vote.

PartyMajority (Not-Content)Minority (Content)Turnout
Bishop0 14.2%
Con24 (+1 tell) 7 (+1 tell)15.3%
Crossbench5 2 (+1 tell)4.2%
DUP0 250.0%
Lab32 014.3%
LDem20 (+1 tell) 022.6%
Non-affiliated0 13.2%
Total:81 1312.5%

Rebel Voters - sorted by party

Lords for which their vote in this division differed from the majority vote of their party. You can see all votes in this division, or every eligible lord who could have voted in this division

Sort by: Name | Party | Vote

NamePartyVote
Baroness Cumberlege Contellaye
Baroness Eaton Conaye
Lord Eden of WintonConaye
Lord Elton Con (front bench)aye
Lord Flight Conaye
Lord Framlingham Conaye
Lord Mackay of ClashfernCon (front bench)aye
Baroness O'Cathain Con (front bench)aye
Lord Armstrong of IlminsterCrossbenchaye
Baroness Butler-Sloss Crossbench (front bench)tellaye
Baroness O'Loan Crossbench (front bench)aye

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