Paragraph 9

After section 85A of the M1Sex Discrimination Act 1975 (application to House of Commons staff) there shall be inserted—

“ Application to House of Lords staff.

85B

(1)

Parts II and IV apply in relation to employment as a relevant member of the House of Lords staff as they apply in relation to other employment.

(2)

In this section “relevant member of the House of Lords staff” has the same meaning as in section 139A of the M2Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978; and subsection (6) of that section applies for the purposes of this section.”.