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  Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill - Discrimination on the Basis of Caste
  
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  @ MP voted aye against making it illegal to discriminate on the basis of caste
  @ MP voted no to make it illegal to discriminate on the basis of caste
  
  The majority of MPs voted against adding [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caste caste] to the list of protected characteristics listed in the Equalities Act.
  
  MPs were considering the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill[1]. The motion passed in this vote was:
  
  :That this House disagrees with Lords amendment 37
  
  Amendment 37[2] was to insert a new clause as follows:
  
  :''â[http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/15/contents Equality Act 2010]: caste discrimination
  :(1)    The Equality Act 2010 is amended as follows.
  :(2)    After [http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/15/section/9 section 9](1)(c) (race) insertâ â(d)    caste;â.â
  
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  * [1] [http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2012-13/enterpriseandregulatoryreform.html Parliament's webpage on the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill]  
  * [2] [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/2012-2013/0152/13152.8-12.html Page of Lords amendments to the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill containing amendment 37]
  
  
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