To ask the Minister for Women and Equality how many individual representations the Government Equalities Office has received from members of the public concerning the provisions of the Equality Bill since its publication; and how many of these representations were (a) in favour of and (b) opposed to the provisions of the Bill. (279372)

We have received 158 individual representations from members of the public concerning the provisions in the Equality Bill, since the Bill was published on 28 April 2009.

Many of the correspondents cover a wide range of issues and do not simply make representations of support or opposition to the Bill. Collating and analysing this information would be complex and incur a disproportionate cost.