division_name: Equality and Diversity (Reform) Bill
motion: <p class="" pid="a.1187.2/1" pwmotiontext="yes">I beg to move, That the Bill be now read a Second time.</p>
  
  <p class="" pid="a.1187.2/2" pwmotiontext="yes">There are two things that my Bill seeks to do. First, it seeks to prohibit affirmative or positive action by public authorities, and secondly, it seeks to repeal the Sex Discrimination (Election Candidates) Act 2002, which removed the selection of candidates from the usual laws against discrimination, and legalised discrimination in the form of all-women shortlists.</p>
  
  <p pid="a.1235.2/1" pwmotiontext="yes"><i>The House having divided:</i> Ayes 3, Noes 39.</p>