Marriages and Civil Partnerships (Approved Premises) (Amendment) Regulations 2011

Debate between Baroness Richardson of Calow and Lord Pannick

Thursday 15th December 2011 Lords Chamber

[Lord Pannick]

As the noble Baroness knows very well, that case raised completely different issues. No specific provision in the Equality Act addressed that question. I have to declare an interest. As the noble Baroness well knows, I was the counsel who acted for the JFS, the Jewish Free School, in that litigation, and the problem was that there was no specific provision. By contrast, the Equality Act addresses this very question and it does so in the clearest possible terms.

[Baroness Richardson of Calow]

My Lords—