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Equality Bill [HL]

I agree that there has to be a legal test. The Government would argue that expediency is a test that could be applied. I see the noble Lord shaking his head, but that is why it was settled on as something that was compliant. As a result of the conversations that we have had in this debate and elsewhere, I also understand that there is anxiety that expediency is too low. So, we have an interesting challenge: ““expedient”” is too low, but ““necessity”” is absolutely too high. The challenge for us is to find something that is not ““necessary”” but is more than ““expedient””. We will try to rise to that challenge, but it may be that we will find it expedient to come back to where we are.