Equality Bill [HL]

Perhaps I may ask a question that is not trenchant, but purely for information. The Minister has told the Committee that the review which started in February is well under way. Can she tell the Committee something about the resources being devoted to that review? I ask the question because when I had to do a similar job from March to September 1974, I had the advantage of doing it with Home Office resources devoted, as a very high priority, only for gender, and then the following year for race. I am troubled about whether the review will be sufficiently well resourced in terms of legal and other skills. Therefore, it is a question of how many people with how many skills are doing it already. I am surprised to know that the review is well under way. I had the impression that it was not, but it obviously needs to be if we are to achieve legislation before the next general election, having gone through all the consultation processes. I hoped to get an answer to a non-trenchant question, if that were possible. If not, could we be written to about it because I regard that as key to the progress that we might make?