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Equality Bill

My Lords, first, I understand that I misled the House; apparently, the Delegated Powers Committee does not particularly like what we are doing here. I did not seek to mislead the House. As I explained, the committee does not like broad harmonisation powers. I accept that the Government have, in the past, sought to gold-plate certain things in certain European directives. However, in dealing with the Bill in this way we are trying to ensure coherent policy-making in the future. We are trying to future-proof the Bill, but I entirely accept the concerns expressed by the noble Lord and that he will wish to return to them at a later stage. Amendment 131A agreed. Amendment 131B Moved by