Equality Bill

The noble Lord said that the Lords Spiritual were like turkeys voting for Christmas. Actually, the Government said that they wanted to keep the status quo. We voted for the status quo and not for something quite different. In the case that has been recycled endlessly here, the claimants challenged what was thought to be a breach of Regulation 7(2) under the directive, but Lord Justice Richards decided that it was not. We have voted not for Christmas but for the tranquillity and magnanimity that we found in the regulations that were passed a long time ago.