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Proceeding contribution from Baroness O'Cathain (Conservative) in the House of Lords on Wednesday, 13 July 2005. It occurred during Debate on bill and Committee of the Whole House (HL) on Equality Bill (HL).

Equality Bill [HL]

I am extremely grateful to the Minister, but I am still concerned. We might as well admit that the real problem is that most Members of the House take a rather flexible or cursory attitude towards statutory instruments. We do not get into the meat of them. Perhaps we do not use them in the way that we should and maybe we all need to learn how best to make our views known when such orders are debated. We tend to scrutinise Bills line-by-line, but we do not do the same regarding orders—at least I do not, nor do most Back-Benchers. That is why I feel so strongly about this issue and we will need to give proper legislative scrutiny to any changes to these clauses.

Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
673 c1189 
Session
2005-06
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Subjects
Staff Education Contracts Civil partnerships Care homes Curriculum Courts Carers Age Equality Immigration controls Gender Exemptions Faith schools Harassment Facilities Immigration officers National security Parents Local education authorities Membership Public bodies Older people Public opinion Transport Schools Training Religion Registration of births, deaths, marriages and civil partnerships Sexuality Religious freedom Religious persons Transgender people
Legislation
Equality Bill (HL) 2005-06
Link
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