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Equality Bill [Lords]

Before the Minister gets there, I must say that she has listened to what we have been saying, and she has changed her ““hope”” to ““will”” and ““must””. That is because my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State will be making the appointments, presumably seeking the advice of the equality Minister. When the Secretary of State makes those decisions to ensure that the ““will”” and the ““must”” is better than the hope, will account be taken of the numbers that have been mentioned in the amendments of my hon. Friend the Member for Kingswood (Roger Berry)? In other words, half of the committee should be women and a quarter should be black or Asian, at least.