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Orders of the Day: Schedule 34 — Repeals and revocations (9 Jan 2008)

Ian McCartney: .... With Northern Ireland being as it is, if that was the case we would have heard about it. The truth is that the British public will welcome the debate. On the subject of the religious divide, gay people are religious and carry through their religious belief. People who are not gay who are religious still support those who are gay. The issue is not about a division between those who are...

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Gay Rights (18 Oct 2006)

Ian McCartney: The promotion of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights has not been raised recently at ministerial level with our European partners. However, the EU has been active on these issues in UN fora. The EU raised LGBT rights during the interactive dialogues with the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the UN Special Rapporteurs on Violence Against Women and Contemporary Racism...

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Gay Rights (18 Oct 2006)

Ian McCartney: The promotion of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights has not been raised recently at ministerial level with our eastern European partners. However, the EU presented a demarche to the Russian authorities in June 2006 detailing its concerns about events surrounding the proposed gay pride parade in Moscow on 27 May 2006. The EU has also been active on these issues in UN fora....

Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Pensions Consultation (20 Mar 2003)

Mr Ian McCartney: ...Help the Aged Representatives of local older peoples' representative organisations Local financial advisers Mothers' Union Representation from local government Credit unions One parent families Gay/lesbian rights groups Monetary Advice Trust—Scotland Regional representatives from the National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) Regional Co-op Societies Regional CBI offices Other...