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Equality Bill

Proceeding contribution from Lord Lester of Herne Hill (Liberal Democrat) in the House of Lords on Tuesday, 19 January 2010. It occurred during Debate on bills on Equality Bill.
Does the noble Lord accept that when you have issues that involve a spectrum of choices as a matter of fact and degree, ranging from what is clearly unreasonable to what is reasonable, you have to decide them on a case-by-case basis? The courts do that all the time in all kinds of contexts. Therefore, we should not tease Ministers with vexing questions which the courts might have to answer, nor criticise them for putting in a well-known ordinary word that is used in legislation in those contexts.
Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
716 c935 
Session
2009-10
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
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