Equality Bill

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Work and Pensions – in the House of Commons at 3:50 pm on 11 May 2009.

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Photo of Diane Abbott Diane Abbott Labour, Hackney North and Stoke Newington 3:50, 11 May 2009

I am grateful to my right hon. and learned Friend. Does she agree that if the general public are watching the debate they will be surprised to see the Opposition so agitated at the prospect of equality legislation? The point about equality is not just that it offers fairness and justice for every group in society, but that in a globalised economy it will actually enable us to compete better and be a stronger and more effective society.