Employers accept that while we need flexibility we have to be prepared to demonstrate that there are bona fide reasons for distinctions. You have to have fit police officers who can do their job, and if it's a bona fide occupational requirement, then perhaps they should be retired at a certain age. But it's going to be up to the individual industry to prove the bona fides of these matters—
On February 10th, 2011. See this statement in context.