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Orders of the Day — Disability Discrimination Bill [Lords] (23 Mar 2005)

Mr Gordon Marsden: ...disabilities—and their parents in particular need the maximum framework of support. We would not consider it acceptable to tell schools that they had a general duty of care only to their gay, lesbian and ethnic minority students, or that they must not be proactive or take specific steps to improve the self-worth of such students, or maximise their ability to achieve and to be treated...

Orders of the Day — Prohibition on Promotion of Homosexuality: Bullying (5 Jul 2000)

Mr Gordon Marsden: ..., a survey was carried out by Mr. Neil Duncan and published by Routledge, and another by the Institute of Education. They showed that 61 per cent. of schools surveyed were aware of lesbian, gay or bisexual pupils in their schools, and that 51 per cent. of those schools had reported at least one instance of homophobic bullying in the past term. Does the hon. Gentleman not accept that that...

Orders of the Day — Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill (10 Feb 2000)

Mr Gordon Marsden: ...homosexual people. Does she accept that the logical implication of her argument is that the age of consent should be raised for heterosexuals as well as homosexuals? Will she acknowledge that the gay community and homosexual organisations have done at least as much as other organisations to alert people to the public health issues that she is talking about?

Orders of the Day — Employment Relations Bill: Discrimination in the Work — Place on Grounds of Age (30 Mar 1999)

Mr Gordon Marsden: ...of the House. As he said, it is nonsense that the rulings that have been made in our courts—although they must abide by existing legislation—clearly discriminate against lesbians and gay men in partnership arrangements. I sympathise with the hon. Gentleman's objectives in tabling new clause 4 because, like other hon. Members, I have had constituency cases involving people who...

Orders of the Day — Crime and Disorder Bill [Lords]: Reduction in Age at Which Certain Sexual Acts are Lawful (22 Jun 1998)

Mr Gordon Marsden: ...A national survey of homophobia in schools consulted 1,000 head teachers, 80 per cent. of whom reported verbal bullying. More than 25 per cent. reported assaults on pupils who were believed to be gay or bisexual. Surveys of gay teenagers confirm the same figures, and, as hon. Members have heard tonight, a significant proportion of them are pressured almost to suicide. A discriminatory age...

Orders of the Day — Crime and Disorder Bill [Lords]: Reduction in Age at Which Certain Sexual Acts are Lawful (22 Jun 1998)

Mr Gordon Marsden: ...out like the Samaritans of old. Hon. Members must also look into their hearts and think about the message that they will send after tonight's vote to those who serve them in this place who are gay, lesbian or bisexual, to those among their constituents who come to them for help, to those among their friends, political supporters and associates, to their families and to those who are known...