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Equality Bill

Perhaps the Minister will be able to assure the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, that it was because of the brilliance of the noble and learned Lord, Lord Howe of Aberavon, in the European Communities Act 1972 that we made quite sure in this country that even if all of that were not the case, European law in this area would have to be given either direct effect or indirect effect because the Conservative Government at the time produced that admirable mechanism. I mention that only because I know that the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, would like that additional reassurance that his own party has helped, in its most European phase, to achieve the right result.