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The issue, therefore, to paraphrase my noble friend Lord Hannan of Kingsclere, is: what question are these amendments answering? Given that there are already quite significant legal powers through the Equality Act 2010 and other legislation to discourage direct discrimination, this circumscribes and undermines the capacity of local clubs to make local decisions to help, for instance, white British boys who are disadvantaged, disabled youngsters who are disadvantaged or lesbian women who are disadvantaged, as we heard from the noble Baroness, Lady Fox of Buckley, and my noble friend Lord Reay.