Clause 1 - Hatred against persons on racial or religious grounds
Racial and Religious Hatred Bill
10:45 am
Alistair Carmichael (Shadow Minister, Home Affairs; Orkney and Shetland, Liberal Democrat)
Yes, and in practical terms that is the situation that will pertain.
I hesitated slightly before giving the hon. Member for Rhondda examples because I do not know whether examples are necessarily always the best way of approaching such subjects, and certainly the one relating to the Church of England may have left something to be desired.