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Public Bill Committee: Home Energy Conservation Bill: Clause 5 - Houses in multiple occupation (26 Feb 2002)

Mr Michael Meacher: ...Brighton, Kemptown whether we intend that a prescribed relationship will include a man and woman living together as husband and wife, although not married, or a same-sex couple living together in a gay or lesbian relationship. The answer is yes; we included those examples of a prescribed relationship subject to the important proviso that we do not intend to create a situation in which...

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (21 Nov 1986)

Mr Michael Meacher: ...that the Government's proposals must be judged. At the outset it is necessary to root out certain misconceptions that have gained ground in some quarters. AIDS has been described as a "virulent gay plague" when it is nothing of the kind. It is not a plague like smallpox or cholera, it is not confined to gay men, and it is not particularly virulent. A plague is a disease that is easily and...

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (21 Nov 1986)

Mr Michael Meacher: ...Higgins Trust in a short time is well recognised. Many other organisations have played an important part and could play a bigger one. I refer to the Albany Society, Body Positive, the London Gay Switchboard, the Haemophilia Society and SCODA, all of which should be enabled to expand their important functions. The London Lighthouse Project needs support when it is being used to set up a...

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (21 Nov 1986)

Mr Michael Meacher: ...that most people are incapable of making rapid changes in their lifestyles when they are convinced of the necessity of doing so and have alternative options available. That is already taking place among gay men in their response to the "safer sex" campaign initiated by the Terrence Higgins Trust to reduce the risks of AIDS infection. However, changes in behaviour will come about only if...

Orders of the Day — Data Protection Bill [Lords] (11 Apr 1983)

Mr Michael Meacher: ...Special Branch files in Cornwall and Devon should be investigated, they were found to contain dossiers on certain persons on no other grounds than that they were anti-nuclear, anti-apartheid or gay. There is no reason why we should not adopt the Swedish precedent of having a duly-appointed security-cleared officer who would at least inspect such files and ensure that the material on them...