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Equality Bill

I hope what I shall say will be helpful. It seems to me that where a tenant behaves badly—does not pay the rent or destroys the premises or whatever—and when he is served with notice to quit says, ““It’s because I have a disability””, the question would be of fact, of causation, in the individual case. What was the real reason for the behaviour so far as direct discrimination is concerned? If the tenant behaved badly, there would be no objective justification, and he could be removed. It does not seem to me that there is a need for much guidance because I hope what I have just said is plain and obvious. It all boils down to the facts of the individual case and whether it is really attributable to disability or to misconduct.