Timeline — Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Act 2023

15 Jun 2022
Bill introduced in the Commons by
- Wera HobhouseMember in chargeLiberal Democrat
- Baroness Burt of SolihullLiberal Democrat
1st reading in the Commons
06 Sept 2022
New bill textAs introduced
- Bill 28 EN 2022-23
21 Oct 2022
2nd reading in the CommonsView in Hansard ↗
4 speakers · 5 speeches
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23 Nov 2022
Committee stage in the CommonsView in Hansard ↗
7 speakers · 14 speeches
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27 Jan 2023
- Research Briefing on Progress of the Bill
03 Feb 2023
Report stage in the CommonsView in Hansard ↗
9 speakers · 26 speeches
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4 amendments tabled at Report stage in the Commons
4 Agreed
1 member moved amendments
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06 Feb 2023
1st reading in the LordsView in Hansard ↗
Formal stage — recorded in Hansard.
New bill textAs brought from the Commons
- HL Bill 101 Explanatory Notes
10 Mar 2023
- 29th Report of the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee
13 Mar 2023
- Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Bill: HL Bill 101
24 Mar 2023
2nd reading in the LordsView in Hansard ↗
7 speakers · 11 speeches
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14 Jul 2023
Committee stage in the LordsView in Hansard ↗
7 speakers · 9 speeches
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45 amendments tabled at Committee stage in the Lords
43 Withdrawn before debate2 Agreed
4 members moved amendments
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New bill textAs amended in Committee
05 Sept 2023
Report stage in the LordsView in Hansard ↗
Formal stage — recorded in Hansard.
12 Sept 2023
3rd reading in the LordsView in Hansard ↗
3 speakers · 4 speeches
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14 Sept 2023
- Bill 367 2022-23 (Lords Amendments)
27 Sept 2023
- Bill 367 EN 2022-23 (Lords Amendments)
12 Oct 2023
- Research Briefing on Lords stages and amendments
13 Oct 2023
- Letter from Baroness Swinburne to Baroness Burt regarding a question raised during the Third Reading of the Bill: resources available to the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) to enable them to advise employers and to enforce the new employer duty.
20 Oct 2023
Consideration of Lords amendments in the CommonsView in Hansard ↗
10 speakers · 31 speeches
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26 Oct 2023
King Charles III grants Royal Assent, and merges this bill into law
- Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Act 2023 (c. 51)

EnactedWorker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Act 2023