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”.””
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.| Party | Majority (Not-Content) | Minority (Content) | Turnout |
| Bishop | 0 | 1 | 4.2% |
| Con | 24 (+1 tell) | 7 (+1 tell) | 15.3% |
| Crossbench | 5 | 2 (+1 tell) | 4.2% |
| DUP | 0 | 2 | 50.0% |
| Lab | 32 | 0 | 14.3% |
| LDem | 20 (+1 tell) | 0 | 22.6% |
| Non-affiliated | 0 | 1 | 3.2% |
| Total: | 81 | 13 | 12.5% |
All lords Eligible to Vote - sorted by party
Includes lords who were absent (or abstained) from this vote.