Equality bill being progressed urgently

The Chief Minister says an equality bill for the Island is being processed as quickly as possible.

Allan Bell has spoken out after a couple were refused a rental property on the grounds on their sexuality.

Laura Cull and Kira Izzard were turned down for a house in Ramsey after the landlord, a pastor at the Independent Methodist Church, discovered they were gay.

The pair have since set up a petition calling for the Equality Act 2010 to be implemented.

Allan Bell says the bill had been in the pipeline but had taken a backseat:

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