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Public Bill Committee: Equality Bill: Clause 13 (16 Jun 2009): Vera Baird: ...not that, but that it is perfectly acceptable to the Government that religion should come bottom of the heap, and that that is what the Bill does, but I repudiate that lock, stock and however many smoking barrels there were in the name of the film—two I think. I am sure the amendments are well meant, but they would not make any difference because the Bill replicates the position under...
Public Bill Committee: Equality Bill: Clause 1 (11 Jun 2009): Vera Baird: .... Fire authorities do a good deal of work in deprived areas. They have their tenders out in deprived areas rather than in the fire station; they are doing a lot of work about fire prevention and smoke alarms; and they engage with the public in deprived areas where most fires start. They do a good deal of good work. My own Cleveland fire service, under strategic decisions taken by the...

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