Proceeding contribution from Gerald Howarth (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Monday, 21 November 2005. It occurred during Debate on bill on Equality Bill (HL).

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I am extremely grateful to the Minister for giving way. I have to say that, as a white, Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Scot, middle-class male heterosexual, I feel that we are increasingly becoming the persecuted who might be in need of protection. The Bill is nothing if not the ultimate manifesto in political correctness. She said that it will apply to public authorities. Can she explain why, for some obscure reason, this place, the other place, the Security Service and the authorities of both Houses are exempt from all this absurdity? Does that not undermine the whole case for this absurd and ridiculous Bill, which should be consigned to the dustbin now?

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Type: Proceeding contribution
Reference: 439 c1244
Session: 2005-06
Chamber / Committee: House of Commons chamber
Subjects: Access Disability Age Disability Rights Commission Commission for Racial Equality Costs Bureaucracy Equality Homosexuality Human rights Immigration controls Gender Information Equality and Human Rights Commission Equal Opportunities Commission Harassment Ethnic groups Pay Public appointments Older people Religion Small businesses Sexuality Religious freedom Research
Legislation: Equality Bill (HL) 2005-06
Link: View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk

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