The noble and learned Lord is correct. It is to do with co-ordination to make sure that we marry the wording used in both countries so that there are no gaps or conflicts.
Equality Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Baroness Thornton
(Labour)
in the House of Lords on Tuesday, 19 January 2010.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Equality Bill.
Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
716 c924 
Session
2009-10
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Subjects
Librarians' tools
Timestamp
2024-06-21 09:59:49 +0100
URI
http://data.parliament.uk/pimsdata/hansard/CONTRIBUTION_611203
In Indexing
http://indexing.parliament.uk/Content/Edit/1?uri=http://data.parliament.uk/pimsdata/hansard/CONTRIBUTION_611203
In Solr
https://search.parliament.uk/claw/solr/?id=http://data.parliament.uk/pimsdata/hansard/CONTRIBUTION_611203