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Oral Answers to Questions — Work and Pensions: Equality Bill (11 May 2009)

Eleanor Laing: Well, that was a very helpful contribution to the debate! I am particularly concerned about the effects of these measures on the employment prospects of women, disabled people, gay people, religious and racial minorities and older people, because if employers are forced to act in a way that they perceive to be against the best interests of their businesses, they will, in a normal, practical...

Orders of the Day — Equality Bill [Lords]: Clause 10 — Groups (16 Jan 2006)

Eleanor Laing: ...e) at least one Commissioner who represents an ethnic minority, (f) at least one Commissioner who at the time of appointment is aged over 65 years, and (g) at least one Commissioner who is either gay, lesbian or transgender.'." To that extent, I agree with the hon. Member for Leicester, East. In Committee, my concern, which I still harbour, was that we should be prescriptive on Report,...

Public Bill Committee: Equality Bill [Lords]: Clause 10 - Groups (29 Nov 2005)

Eleanor Laing: ...orientation, but—properly—to people who are undergoing or wish to undergo a reassignment of gender. Earlier this year in Blackpool, I met a group of people who represented the lesbian, gay and transgendered community. I was very impressed by their arguments in favour of the Bill. Before I met them, I had thought that the transgender provision was possibly a fringe issue for a...

Public Bill Committee: Equality Bill [Lords]: Schedule 1 - The Commission: Constitution, &c. (29 Nov 2005)

Eleanor Laing: ..., (e)at least one Commissioner who represents an ethnic minority, (f)at least one Commissioner who at the time of appointment is aged over 65 years, and (g)at least one Commissioner who is either gay, lesbian or transgender.’.

Public Bill Committee: Equality Bill [Lords]: Schedule 1 - The Commission: Constitution, &c. (29 Nov 2005)

Eleanor Laing: ...and Wales. With amendment No. 52, we suggest that it should also include at least one female commissioner, one commissioner who represents an ethnic minority, one who is over 65 and one from the gay, lesbian and transgender community. We believe that the composition of the commission is vital to ensuring that it can undertake a wide range of difficult duties to the best of its ability. Six...

Public Bill Committee: Equality Bill [Lords]: Schedule 1 - The Commission: Constitution, &c. (29 Nov 2005)

Eleanor Laing: ...not get lost and mix that Bill with this one. Amendment No. 52 would give the Secretary of State a specific duty to include someone over the age over the age of 65 as a commissioner, and likewise for the gay, lesbian and transgender community and for ethnic minorities.

Orders of the Day — Equality Bill [Lords] — Order for Second Reading read. (21 Nov 2005)

Eleanor Laing: ...are seen to be disproportionately bureaucratic and overbearing, all that will happen is that employers will find an excuse not to employ women, disabled people, people from ethnic minorities or gay people in the first place. Reasonable employers who have an unreasonable fear of expensive litigation will find a way round it. They will not risk having a case brought against them, so the...

Orders of the Day — Equality Bill [Lords] — Order for Second Reading read. (21 Nov 2005)

Eleanor Laing: ...women are not working to the full extent of their abilities. If that is the case as far as women are concerned, there can be no doubt that a similar proportion of people from ethnic minorities, gay people, older people, younger people and disabled people are contributing far less to the economy and to society than they might if only we protected them and gave them the opportunities they...

Orders of the Day — Crime and Disorder Bill [Lords]: Reduction in Age at Which Certain Sexual Acts are Lawful (28 Jul 1998)

Mrs Eleanor Laing: I note your warning not to stray, Mr. Deputy Speaker. I never do. I would not vote to repeal clause 28; nor would I align myself with some of the militant gay rights people who protested outside the other place last week. However, I agree with the sensible and reasonable promoters of the amendment who have conducted themselves with great honour and dignity throughout. I welcome the Home...

Orders of the Day — Crime and Disorder Bill [Lords]: Reduction in Age at Which Certain Sexual Acts are Lawful (22 Jun 1998)

Mrs Eleanor Laing: ...law. I stress that I am referring specifically and precisely to the criminal law. If new clause 1 becomes part of the Bill, there is no automatic or necessary implication for the treatment of gay people under the civil law with regard to marriage, pension rights or any other such rights. That is not what we are discussing, it is not the matter before us, and it has no relevance to this...

Orders of the Day — Crime and Disorder Bill [Lords]: Reduction in Age at Which Certain Sexual Acts are Lawful (22 Jun 1998)

Mrs Eleanor Laing: ...homosexuals at all costs. They do no good to the people they purport to represent, and they do no good to our society as a whole. There should be no need in this day and age for massive marches by gay people through the streets of our main cities, any more than there should be any need for such marches by any other group in society which happens to be in some way different from others....