Equality Bill [Lords]

The absurd examples quoted by my hon. Friend are already happening. Could we not express the hope that during the Bill’s passage the Minister will make it plain that she thinks that they are absurd, and that if the commission should be so stupid as to seek to endorse such bizarre practices, it would be acting unconstitutionally? I hope that by raising these matters and giving the Minister the opportunity to say how silly they are, we might have a rather better state of things in the future than we have at the moment.