Member

The Government may argue that this is not the place to address equality, but transparently this is the only place to address that issue. We are being asked to legislate the loss of one of our most ancient powers. It is entirely within our rights—indeed, I hazard that it is our duty—to ensure that the power is exercised from this time forward in a non-discriminatory fashion. If we do not pass these amendments, we are washing our hands of the issue and allowing centuries of discrimination to simply continue unchecked.