Socio-economic Equality Duty
Debate between Baroness Featherstone and Cathy Jamieson(14 years ago)
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Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun) (Lab/Co-op)
I am sorry, but it is rather incredible that the Minister has come here to try to defend the indefensible and that she has done it so poorly. Surely, if the legislation is put in place, it is up to the Minister to ensure that it is not simply a tick-box exercise. What message does it send to people on lower incomes in poor communities when the Government do not feel that they are worth legislating for?
Lynne Featherstone
It is totally defensible. Listening to Opposition Members, I must say that they are re-enacting what is in the Act: they are talking about things, not delivering them.