Schedule 12
Equality Bill
8:00 pm
Vera Baird (Solicitor General, Attorney General's Office; Redcar, Labour)
We have returned to the 2003 regulations; there is no change from those. Preference may be given to a child of the same faith in order
“to preserve the institution’s religious ethos”.
The test is objective, not subjective. There is a clear causal link between giving preference to a child and the preservation of the school’s religious character. There is no lessening of the protection.