Part of Equality Bill – in a Public Bill Committee am 7:00 pm ar 16 Mehefin 2009.
John Mason
Scottish National Party, Glasgow East
7:00,
16 Mehefin 2009
I beg to move Amendment 37, in Clause 18, page 13, line 23, at end insert—
‘(4) If the protected characteristic is religion or belief, for the purposes of subsection (1), and subject to subsection (2), a provision, criterion or practice is discriminatory if it requires persons of B’s religion or belief to act in a way which contravenes the stated doctrinal or ethical teachings of the religion or belief.’.
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A parliamentary bill is divided into sections called clauses.
Printed in the margin next to each clause is a brief explanatory `side-note' giving details of what the effect of the clause will be.
During the committee stage of a bill, MPs examine these clauses in detail and may introduce new clauses of their own or table amendments to the existing clauses.
When a bill becomes an Act of Parliament, clauses become known as sections.
