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Equality Bill [HL]

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord for that extensive explanation. I recall that in Committee we talked about harassment in certain areas, and I thought that at one time the Government accepted a number of points that were made. Frankly I cannot see why it should be lawful for anyone to harass anyone. In this part of the Bill we are discussing education and schools. Does this mean that a religious maintained school would have an exemption to allow it to harass non-religious pupils? That would not be at all acceptable, and I cannot believe it is the intention. I hope the whole issue of harassment, which is referred to in this list of amendments, could be reconsidered by the Government.