Equality Bill
12:00 pm
Ben Summerskill: The case you have cited comes from a briefing that referred to a poster that had a rat on it, and the legend, “Homosexuals are as low as rats.” We are not aware of any circumstances where such a case has arisen. I can only reiterate that we have a long history—which I think people will acknowledge—of campaigning for legislative change, but only where there is an identifiable, real-life mischief. I hope that all members of the Committee will accept that we come to you only where there are identifiable, real-life mischiefs that we want to put right. We have not seen any genuine cases where we think that mischief could be committed that would not be covered by existing legislation.