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Oral Answers to Questions — Work and Pensions: Equality Bill (11 May 2009)

Harriet Harman: ...discrimination—to be told, "You're old, so you're past it," to be overlooked because of a disability, to be excluded because of the colour of their skin, to face harassment because they are gay, or to be paid unfairly because they are a woman. Equality is not just the birthright of every individual, but necessary for the economy: a competitive economy is one that draws on everyone's...

Oral Answers to Questions — Work and Pensions: Equality Bill (11 May 2009)

Harriet Harman: ...laws on equal pay and sex discrimination. Then nothing was initiated by the Tory Government for 18 years. Then Labour returned to office and introduced a range of new laws—from recognising gay and lesbian partnerships, to protecting older people from discrimination at work. Although progress has been made, the job is not yet done. While the most blatant forms of discrimination are...

Oral Answers to Questions — Work and Pensions: Equality Bill (11 May 2009)

Harriet Harman: ...an excellent intervention, so I shall let her rest on that. There is no place in 21st-century Britain for homophobic prejudice and discrimination. We have already taken steps such as recognising gay and lesbian partnerships and outlawing homophobic discrimination, and the Bill builds on that with a number of further steps. Because tackling homophobic discrimination is a public policy...

Modernisation of the House of Commons (Standing Orders): Speaker's Conference (12 Nov 2008) has video

Harriet Harman: ...people in this country, their identity comes not just from where they live, but from whether they are men or women, whether they are disabled, whether they are black or white and whether they are gay or lesbian. Society has changed and we must recognise that the House of Commons needs to change, too. As women in this country, we now regard ourselves as equal citizens, yet we are not equal...

Oral Answers to Questions — Innovation, Universities and Skills: Equality Bill (26 Jun 2008) has video

Harriet Harman: ...economy. The first equality laws were brought in by a Labour Government more than 40 years ago. Progress has been made to outlaw discrimination against people if they are black, a woman, lesbian or gay, disabled, or if they are older, but although such progress has been made, inequality and discrimination still persist. Men who work full time still earn 40 per cent. more per hour than...

Oral Answers to Questions — Solicitor-General: Criminal Law Reviews (22 Nov 2001)

Ms Harriet Harman: The most recent private prosecution under the blasphemy law was the very famous Mary Whitehouse prosecution of Gay News, and there has not been a public prosecution under the law since 1922. As the House will know, the Home Secretary, in evidence to the Joint Committee on Human Rights, said that he expects that that law will soon find its place in history. Nevertheless, there is still a...

AIDS (13 Jan 1989)

Ms Harriet Harman: ...hope that the Government and the Minister will reinforce that message by constantly contradicting reports which still appear in newspapers that stress that this is a problem only for drug abusers in Edinburgh or gay men in London. I bring to the Minister's attention an article in The Sun on 20 October 1987 written by the paper's supposed medical adviser. I give the Minister an opportunity...

AIDS (13 Jan 1989)

Ms Harriet Harman: ...of the South Bank has shown that fewer than 5 per cent. of people with AIDS are cared for by the family because of the way in which AIDS breaks up family ties and because of its prevalence in the gay community and among drug users. We have, therefore, an additional challenge to provide care in the community without a high level of family support. The Social Services Select Committee issued...