Comments on: The Equality Bill Saga Continues… http://www.muddlingthroughmotherhood.co.uk/2009/07/the-equality-bill-saga-continues/ The good, the bad and the guilt - through motherhood Sat, 27 Feb 2010 10:44:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Kat http://www.muddlingthroughmotherhood.co.uk/2009/07/the-equality-bill-saga-continues/comment-page-1/#comment-68 Kat Mon, 27 Jul 2009 10:04:32 +0000 http://www.muddlingthroughmotherhood.co.uk/?p=84#comment-68 First off, this isn't a forum - its just my blog! Secondly, I don't think you get the point we're working for here. We're looking for protection, not just a clarification in the law. Civil law, where a woman has to sue for any breach in the law, is no protection at all. She does not have the right to call the police to uphold that law. Yes, if she argues she is actually in the right, but when faced with someone else who is convinced they are right, how many mothers with babies and small children are actually going to argue the point? In addition this proposed legislation offers no protection from random passers by who Women need to know that the full force of the law is behind them, as it is in Scotland. It takes so many women a lot of courage to feed in public and telling them that they can sue if someone tries to refuse them service is not really going to make anyone more confident. We're not interested in politician baiting, we're interested in getting the right protection for mothers and babies, not just what we are told is good enough. First off, this isn’t a forum – its just my blog!

Secondly, I don’t think you get the point we’re working for here. We’re looking for protection, not just a clarification in the law. Civil law, where a woman has to sue for any breach in the law, is no protection at all. She does not have the right to call the police to uphold that law. Yes, if she argues she is actually in the right, but when faced with someone else who is convinced they are right, how many mothers with babies and small children are actually going to argue the point? In addition this proposed legislation offers no protection from random passers by who

Women need to know that the full force of the law is behind them, as it is in Scotland. It takes so many women a lot of courage to feed in public and telling them that they can sue if someone tries to refuse them service is not really going to make anyone more confident.

We’re not interested in politician baiting, we’re interested in getting the right protection for mothers and babies, not just what we are told is good enough.

]]> By: Marie Ash http://www.muddlingthroughmotherhood.co.uk/2009/07/the-equality-bill-saga-continues/comment-page-1/#comment-67 Marie Ash Mon, 27 Jul 2009 09:56:05 +0000 http://www.muddlingthroughmotherhood.co.uk/?p=84#comment-67 I don't see how you've picked that up at all from the reply from the Minister! He quite clearly says no, she does not have to leave -- asking her to do so is against the law. And if she does feel intimidated and decide to leave she can take legal action afterwards. I don't know why you are still digging away at this. People often complain about not getting a straight yes or no answer from politicians, then Vera Baird says "No" quite clearly and you can't take that as a straight answer.! I don't think I'll bother with your forum anymore. I don't think you are really concerend about the rights of mothers -- you are more intersted in politician-baiting. I'm very disappointed. Marie. I don’t see how you’ve picked that up at all from the reply from the Minister! He quite clearly says no, she does not have to leave — asking her to do so is against the law. And if she does feel intimidated and decide to leave she can take legal action afterwards.

I don’t know why you are still digging away at this. People often complain about not getting a straight yes or no answer from politicians, then Vera Baird says “No” quite clearly and you can’t take that as a straight answer.! I don’t think I’ll bother with your forum anymore. I don’t think you are really concerend about the rights of mothers — you are more intersted in politician-baiting. I’m very disappointed.

Marie.

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