Equality Bill

Part of the debate – in a Public Bill Committee at 12:00 pm on 9 June 2009.

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Photo of John Mason John Mason Scottish National Party, Glasgow East 12:00, 9 June 2009

Perhaps we can come back to that when we have the debates later on. May I ask a final point? How would you see the place of an individual employee’s conscience? We had the idea that with abortion, employees are allowed a certain amount of latitude. Are there issues in the Bill that might benefit from an individual employee having a degree of latitude—for example, over a civil ceremony for a same-sex couple?