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Racial and Religious Hatred Bill

I hesitate to raise this again with my noble friend, but I am very disappointed with her reply. It is perfectly possible for the Government to table any amendments they wish. There is no problem about that. Just as it is not the fault of the noble Baroness that we are where we are, it is also not the fault of those who properly moved amendments and divided the Committee on them. That has been the practice of your Lordships’ House for many decades. The notion that we should not divide in Committee and that there is something faulty about pressing amendments to a Division is one that my noble friend may not have meant to imply but one that some noble Lords have understood. I seek to make a very minor point, but it is one that matters. If the Government are going to produce anything, can we have it at a reasonable time before Report, or, if it is extended to Third Reading, can we have it a week before?