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[Mr. Gary Streeter in the Chair] — UK Relations with Russia (14 Oct 2009)

Edward Davey: ...is coming from. I say all that not wishing for a minute that we should pull our punches with the Russians. When they behave outrageously—particularly on human rights, whether with regard to gay pride marches in Moscow, the appalling way that they have behaved over the Khodorkovsk trial and detention, or the way that they behaved over Litvinenko—we must not pull our punches. I...

European Affairs (16 Jun 2009) has video

Edward Davey: ...is not extreme enough, so the Conservatives will have to do a deal with the Law and Justice party. We should bear in mind that, as the Foreign Secretary said, the Law and Justice party is an anti-gay party. It is a homophobic party. When its leader was mayor of Warsaw, he banned a Gay Pride parade, but allowed a "parade of normality". Those are the sort of people with whom the Conservative...

Points of Order: Treaty of Lisbon (No. 3) — (3rd allotted day) (5 Feb 2008)

Edward Davey: ...are noticing infringements of human rights. In such countries as Poland, we are seeing relatively extreme breaches of human rights. The 2007 Amnesty report states that in Poland: "Lesbian, gay, bisexual...people were subjected to discrimination and intolerance." It refers to the problems faced by Romany people in Bulgaria, and with regard to Romania: "The Council of Europe and the European...

Local Government Bill — [2nd Allotted Day]: New Clause 11 — Repeal of Section 2A of Local Government Act 1986 (10 Mar 2003)

Mr Edward Davey: The House is indebted to the hon. Member for Rhondda (Mr. Bryant). He put his case powerfully and sensitively. Some of the real-life examples that he gave reminded me of gay friends of mine who faced huge prejudice and difficulty when they decided to declare to their family and friends how they really felt about their sexuality. When I spoke at length on the issue in Committee, I mentioned a...

Public Bill Committee: Local Government Bill: New Clause 1 - Repeal of prohibition on promotion of homosexuality (13 Feb 2003)

Mr Edward Davey: ...local authorities have no responsibility for sex education, which makes section 28 completely redundant. It prohibits the national health service from producing material for sex education for adult gay men, and ensures that it cannot be used in schools. Section 148 of that Act ensures that the Secretary of State must provide relevant sex and relationship guidance for schools. The Sexual...