Clause 19
Equality Bill
9:00 am
Joe Benton (Bootle, Labour)
With this it will be convenient to discuss the following: amendment 171, in clause 19, page 14, line 7, leave out ‘in comparison with persons who are not disabled’.
Amendment 172, in clause 19, page 14, line 10, leave out subsection (5) and insert—
‘(5) The third requirement is a requirement to provide an auxiliary aid or service where it would enable disabled persons to make use of, or facilitate the use by disabled persons, of a service or other relevant matter, and to take such steps as it is reasonable to have to take to provide the auxiliary aid.’.
Amendment 173, in clause 19, page 14, line 12, leave out ‘in comparison with persons who are not disabled’.
Amendment 174, in clause 19, page 14, line 13, at end insert—
‘(5A) For the purposes of the application of Parts 3 (services and public functions) and 6 (education), the requirements set out in subsections (3), (4) and (5) apply where disabled persons generally are or may be put at a substantial disadvantage in relation to a relevant matter in comparison with persons who are not disabled.’.
Amendment 154, in clause 19, page 14, line 15, at end insert—
‘(6A) In taking reasonable steps to avoid the disadvantage, A must take such steps as afford disabled people equal access or, if that is not practicable, to approximate access to, that enjoyed by the rest of the public, to the matter in the applicable schedule to which the duty to make adjustments applies.’.