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Racial and Religious Hatred Bill

My Lords, the noble Baroness made that point, too, during her speech. We see it as part of a bigger picture, and it is a necessary measure to deal with a particular evil in a small set of circumstances. The noble Lord, Lord Dubs, as ever, made a valid contribution, and he asked for responses on three points. He talked about ““nutty”” religions. Courts are used to dealing with questions of definition, particularly relating to religion. There is relevant case law on the issue that, we believe, would exclude religions that, for example, advocated child abuse. So, we can expect the law to be sensible in dealing with ““nutty”” religions.