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Racial and Religious Hatred Bill

Usually, I always give way, but several other hon. Members want to speak and I know that we will reach the winding-up speeches in a few moments. For instance, the 39 articles, which are, at least theoretically, the main tenets of the Church of England, state:"““Transubstantiation . . . in the Supper of the Lord, cannot be proved by Holy Writ; but is repugnant to the plain words of Scripture, overthroweth the nature of a Sacrament, and hath given occasion to many superstitions.””" I suppose that that means that the Minister is being called superstitious by the tenets of the Church of England and that he could in theory take offence, but I think that he would assert, as the Home Secretary did earlier, that merely to restate the 39 articles would not fall foul of the Bill. Likewise, the Westminster confession of 1646, which the hon. Member for North Antrim, who is not in his seat, would undoubtedly subscribe to every word of, and could doubtless recite—