division_name: Equality Bill [Lords] &#8212; New Clause 9 &#8212; Discrimination on grounds of gender reassignment
motion: <p class="" pid="b.566.4/1" pwmotiontext="yes">I beg to move, that the clause be read a Second time.</p>
  
  <p class="" pid="b.566.4/2" pwmotiontext="yes">The new clause is intended to enable the protection of transsexual people from discrimination in the supply of   goods and services by creating a power to introduce secondary legislation. It is a near copy of the provisions relating to the provisions on sexual orientation, which the Minister will be aware were not in the original Bill as introduced in the House of Lords, but were by the time it came to be considered by this House. That was partly as a result of the pressure applied by other hon. Members, including those, such as myself, who signed early-day motion 710 in the name of my hon. Friend <phrase class="honfriend" id="uk.org.publicwhip/member/1453" name="Desmond Turner">the Member for Brighton, Kemptown (Dr. Turner)</phrase>.</p>
  
  <p pid="b.582.4/1" pwmotiontext="yes"><i>Question put,</i> That the clause be read a Second time:&#8212;</p>
  
  <p pid="b.582.4/2" pwmotiontext="yes"><i>The House divided:</i> Ayes 138, Noes 254.</p>