From what I can tell the Lords amendment to the incitement to hatred on the grounds of sexual orientation is being moved.
I say 'is being moved' because Hansard is 3 hours behind...
The results of the Lords vote should be up soon...
It will then have to go to the Commons
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Lords insist on their original amendment 178 - 164
In response to this the Government (somewhat regrettably) accepted the Lords amendment so as to get Royal Assent ahead of tomorrow.
Notwithstanding this disappointment there is much that is positive. We now have, finally, the outlawing (albeit with a high hurdle of proof) of the incitement of hatred on the grounds of sexual orientation.
We also have, through this debate, reached some agreements about examples of overzealous policing (albeit no doubt well intentioned, but ended up making things a whole lot worse) and, hopefully achieved progress in this area while at the same time taking into some account the expressed fears of different sections of the community.
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