The Government accepts new gay equality protections

Hotels, pubs and restaurants will be banned from discriminating against lesbian, gay and bisexual people, Trade and Industry Secretary Alan Johnson announced.

Amendments to the Government's Equality Bill, tabled by Lord Alli and Lord Lester and approved by Parliament today, will enable regulations to be made to prohibit discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation in the provision of goods, facilities and services.

Originally the bill would only have outlawed discrimination on the grou... (275 more words)

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