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Equality Bill [HL]

My Lords, I understand perfectly why the amendment has been tabled and spoken to, because it deals with harassment as well as with discrimination. If we get rid of the notion of harassment, it will make it much less necessary to limit the scope in the way that has been suggested. Therefore, I suggest that we should do no more than hear the Minister on this matter this evening and then hope that, if harassment goes, we can leave the Bill as it stands. In dealing with discrimination it is important that an exception to discrimination, which is a defined concept, should be no more than is necessary.