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I was pleased to see new legislation come into force on 6 April 2007 that makes it 'unlawful for a public authority exercising a function to do any act which constitutes discrimination.'

It was with some surprise (or not) that within the Equality Act 2006, the upper echelons of society hold an exemption, including the Judiciary, Parliament and the House of Lords.

Draft Guidance has been made available by the Equal Opportunities Commission which also highlights that the above are exempted from not only discrimination, but harassment, including sexual harassment it seems. One can't help wondering if this is a covert attempt by the House of Lords to reinstate the practice of 'prima nocta' (oh the good old days).

Parliament and the judiciary should be subject to the laws that they respectively create and enforce.

Current signatories

Michael Robinson, the Petition Creator, joined by:

• L Yanovic
• Daniel Parker
• Caroline Parker
• steve gouldstone
• L MacDonald
• Sarah Pantry
• andrew wright
• Rob Ager
• Ruth Lindley-Glover
• Robert Machon
• Alastair Patterson
• Steve Bassett
• Paul Raistrick
• Jeff Botterill
• David Thomas (EquitableFamily Law.org.uk)
• Mark Cousins
• Andrew Main
• Jason Kennedy
• Dick King
• sailesh tailor
• Richard GERRELL
• Dave Ellison
• Karl Mathews
• John Annan
• Craig Fry
• Richard Tingle
• Steven George
• Peter Morris
• keith scarles
• Ieuan Davies MBA
• Gavin
• Jeffery Frampton
• Shalin Tandon
• Malcolm Weston
• Equality legislation, on ALL grounds, should apply to EVERYONE/ALL institutions
• E Sanders
• haydn john latham
• Jacqueline Curley
• J M Pugh