Equality Bill

I think this is a resignation issue for me as international chairman of the English Speaking Union. I did not think I needed a judicial opinion but I got one. I greatly respect the noble and learned Baroness. This has been a very helpful debate. I thank the noble Lord, Lord Low, the noble Baroness, Lady Campbell of Surbiton, for the points that she made, and the noble Baroness, Lady Gould of Potternewton, who added some very important points. Finally, to continue my dialogue with the noble Lord, Lord Lester of Herne Hill, may I explain that I was not breaching any privy counsellor terms? I was merely describing the queue outside the Privy Council, not the proceedings within it. That would be outrageous, although it has not stopped some people writing about such things in their memoirs. I have yet to enter that fray and I hope I never will. I thank the noble Baroness the Chancellor of the Exchequer—