There is certainly discrimination, and the Bill provides more opportunity to tackle it. There is certainly nothing in our law that endorses, and allows for, discrimination in private contracts or private agreements that may purport to have been made under sharia law; they do not count as the law in this country if they are discriminatory. The hon. Gentleman knows that, because I have answered him on that point at business questions. I have now been deterred from answering questions—
Equality Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Baroness Harman
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 11 May 2009.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Equality Bill.
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