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Equality Bill [HL]

I can certainly assure the noble Lord that there is a whole team in place working on the discrimination law review. A clear commitment has been made to delivering the manifesto. I was trying to see whether we knew exactly how many people have been engaged in the enterprise. There is also a reference group that has met to map out future work. I am told that there are several people in the group. I cannot underestimate to the Committee how much energy is being put into this to make sure that we get it right. Because of the complexity of the whole area, I know that the noble Lord, Lord Lester, would have preferred that we deal with all the issues at one time. However, I say to the noble Lord that I understand that view. But we have been able to deal with the issue in this Bill and that has highlighted how challenging it will be to make sure that the law review covers all the possible lacunae we have identified on this aspect. I will write to the noble Lord giving him such further and other details that may be available.