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  Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill - Clause 56 - Commission for Equality and Human Rights
  
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  @ MP voted aye to reduce the responsibilities of the Commission for Equality and Human Rights, focusing them on more specific, rather than general, duties. 
  @ MP voted no against reducing the responsibilities of the Commission for Equality and Human Rights, focusing them on more specific, rather than general, duties. 
  
  The majority of MPs voted to reduce the responsibilities of the Commission for Equality and Human Rights, focusing them on more specific, rather than general, duties. 
  
  MPs were considering the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill[1]. The motion approved in this vote was:
  
  :That this House disagrees with Lords amendment 36.
  
  Lords amendment 36 stated[2][3]:
  
  :Page 55, line 8, leave out subsection (6)
  
  The subsection (6) in question, actually within Clause 65 on page 56[4][5], states:
  
  :(6) In [http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/3/section/12 section 12 (monitoring progress)] â
  :(a) in subsection (1)(a) for âthe aim specified in section 3â substitute âthe duties specified in sections 8 and 9â;
  : (b) in subsection (1)(b) for âthe development of the society described in section 3â substitute âchanges in society that are consistent with those
  dutiesâ. 
  
  These relate to amendments to the Equality Act 2006 which establishes, and sets out the role of, the Commission for Equality and Human Rights. 
  
  The amendment proposes an apparently minor change in the way the commission is required to identify societal changes which may impact their area of responsibility. 
  
  The amendment removes two references to the "general duty" which states:
  
  :The Commission shall exercise its functions under this Part with a view to encouraging and supporting the development of a society in whichâ
  
  :(a)people's ability to achieve their potential is not limited by prejudice or discrimination,
  :(b)there is respect for and protection of each individual's human rights,
  :(c)there is respect for the dignity and worth of each individual,
  :(d)each individual has an equal opportunity to participate in society, and
  :(e)there is mutual respect between groups based on understanding and valuing of diversity and on shared respect for equality and human rights.
  
  The amendment sought to replace the references to the above general duties with references to the commissions more specific duties in relation to "Equality and Diversity" and "Human Rights"; as it stood the Bill proposed repealing [http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/3/section/3 section 3 of the Equalities Act], which sets out the general duty of the Commission, entirely, Lords amendment 36, which was the subject of this vote, together with amendment 35, would have reversed that repeal.[6] 
  
  
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  * [1] [http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2012-13/enterpriseandregulatoryreform.html Parliament's webpage on the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill (now an Act)]
  * [2] [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/2012-2013/0152/13152.1-7.html Lords amendments to the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill - 22 March 2013]
  * [3] [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 - 22 March 2013 - containing amendment 36]
  * [4] [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/lbill/2012-2013/0045/lbill_2012-20130045_en_1.htm Version of the Bill on which the amendments take effect]
  * [5] [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/lbill/2012-2013/0045/lbill_2012-20130045_en_7.htm#pt5-pb3-l1g56 Clause 56 from the version of the Bill on which the amendments take effect]
  * [6] [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/lbill/2012-2013/0045/en/2013045en.htm Explanatory notes to the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill - 19 October 2012]
  
  
  
  
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