Equality Act 2006 - Revision history

LGBT-HP at 23:08, 21 June 2026

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	As originally drafted, the Act's anti-discrimination provisions covered only religion or belief~~; the Labour government did not intend to include sexual orientation~~. ~~Following lobbying by [[Lord Alli]], an openly gay peer, the government agreed to add protection~~ against discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation~~. This concession came late~~ in the ~~legislative process~~, ~~too late to be incorporated directly into~~ the ~~primary~~ Act, so the ~~government instead committed~~ to introducing the ~~protection through secondary legislation. This followed~~ in the ~~form~~ of the Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2007, ~~made under powers granted by~~ the ~~2006 Act~~<ref>"Equality Act ~~2006"~~, ~~Wikipedia~~, ~~accessed June 2026~~.</ref>.		As originally drafted, the [[Equality Act 2006]]'s anti-discrimination provisions covered only religion or belief. Protection against discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation in the provision of goods, facilities and services was instead delivered through secondary legislation, the Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2007, made under a regulation-making power included in the 2006 Act following debate in the House of Lords. According to the Government minister introducing the regulations, this route — rather than including the provisions directly in the primary Act — was chosen specifically to allow extended public consultation given the sensitivity of the issues involved<ref>Baroness Andrews, House of Lords debate on the Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2007, Hansard, 21 March 2007.</ref>. [[Lord Alli]], an openly gay peer, was a prominent advocate for the protections throughout the Bill's passage in 2005 and during the 2007 regulations debate itself, in which he argued strongly against an amendment (ultimately defeated) to reject the regulations on religious-liberty grounds<ref>Lord Alli, House of Lords debate on the Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2007, Hansard, 21 March 2007.</ref>.

			The 2007 regulations were strongly contested in the House of Lords, with several peers, including senior Church of England bishops, opposing them on grounds of religious conscience; the regulations were nonetheless approved.

	The provisions of the Act have since been superseded by the [[Equality Act 2010]].		The provisions of the Act have since been superseded by the [[Equality Act 2010]].

LGBT-HP at 17:42, 21 June 2026

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	As originally drafted, the Act's anti-discrimination provisions covered only religion or belief; the Labour government did not intend to include sexual orientation. Following lobbying by [[Lord Alli]], an openly gay peer, the government agreed to add protection against discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation. This concession came late in the legislative process, too late to be incorporated directly into the primary Act, so the government instead committed to introducing the protection through secondary legislation. This followed in the form of the Equality Act (Sexual		As originally drafted, the Act's anti-discrimination provisions covered only religion or belief; the Labour government did not intend to include sexual orientation. Following lobbying by [[Lord Alli]], an openly gay peer, the government agreed to add protection against discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation. This concession came late in the legislative process, too late to be incorporated directly into the primary Act, so the government instead committed to introducing the protection through secondary legislation. This followed in the form of the Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2007, made under powers granted by the 2006 Act<ref>"Equality Act 2006", Wikipedia, accessed June 2026.</ref>.

	~~The~~ Act ~~introduced specific new protections against discrimination on the grounds of religion or belief and sexual orientation~~, ~~extending existing equality law into these areas for the first time~~.

	The provisions of the Act have since been superseded by the [[Equality Act 2010]].		The provisions of the Act have since been superseded by the [[Equality Act 2010]].
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	==External links==		==External links==
	*[https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/3/contents Equality Act 2006, full text] – legislation.gov.uk		*[https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/3/contents Equality Act 2006, full text] – legislation.gov.uk
			*[https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/1263/contents/made Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2007, full text] – legislation.gov.uk

	==References==		==References==

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	The '''Equality Act 2006''' set up the [[Equality and Human Rights Commission]] to work for the elimination of prejudice on any of the following grounds:		The '''Equality Act 2006''' set up the [[Equality and Human Rights Commission]] to work for the elimination of prejudice on any of the following grounds:

	*age		*age
	*disability		*disability
	*~~gender~~		*sex
	*gender reassignment		*gender reassignment
	*race		*race
	*religion or belief		*religion or belief
	*sexual orientation.		*sexual orientation

			As originally drafted, the Act's anti-discrimination provisions covered only religion or belief; the Labour government did not intend to include sexual orientation. Following lobbying by [[Lord Alli]], an openly gay peer, the government agreed to add protection against discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation. This concession came late in the legislative process, too late to be incorporated directly into the primary Act, so the government instead committed to introducing the protection through secondary legislation. This followed in the form of the Equality Act (Sexual

			The Act introduced specific new protections against discrimination on the grounds of religion or belief and sexual orientation, extending existing equality law into these areas for the first time.

			The provisions of the Act have since been superseded by the [[Equality Act 2010]].

	~~The~~ Act ~~also specifically banned discrimination on the grounds of religion or belief and sexual orientation~~.		==External links==
			*[https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/3/contents Equality Act 2006, full text] – legislation.gov.uk

	~~The provisions of the Act have since been superseded by the [[Equality Act 2010]]~~		==References==
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Ross Burgess at 17:34, 7 February 2014

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Ross Burgess at 17:44, 4 February 2012

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	The '''Equality Act 2006''' set up the [[Equality and Human Rights Commission]] ~~which was~~ to work for the elimination ~~fo prejucide~~ on any of the following grounds:		The '''Equality Act 2006''' set up the [[Equality and Human Rights Commission]] to work for the elimination of prejudice on any of the following grounds:

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	*race		*race
	*religion or belief		*religion or belief
	*sexual orientation'		*sexual orientation.

	The Act also specifically banned discrimination on the grounds of religion or belief and sexual orientation.		The Act also specifically banned discrimination on the grounds of religion or belief and sexual orientation.

	The provisions of the Act have ~~now~~ been superseded by the [[Equality Act 2010]]		The provisions of the Act have since been superseded by the [[Equality Act 2010]]

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Ross Burgess at 17:36, 4 February 2012

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	The '''Equality Act 2006''' set up the [[Equality and Human Rights Commission]] which was to work for ~~teh~~ elimination fo prejucide on any of the following grounds:		The '''Equality Act 2006''' set up the [[Equality and Human Rights Commission]] which was to work for the elimination fo prejucide on any of the following grounds:

	*age		*age

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The '''Equality Act 2006''' set up the [[Equality and Human Rights Commission]] which was to work for teh elimination fo prejucide on any of the following grounds:

*age
*disability
*gender
*gender reassignment
*race
*religion or belief
*sexual orientation'

The Act also specifically banned discrimination on the grounds of religion or belief and sexual orientation.

The provisions of the Act have now been superseded by the [[Equality Act 2010]]

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