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Orders of the Day — Crime and Disorder Bill [Lords]: Sentencing Guidelines (23 Jun 1998)

Mr Alun Michael: ...Association of Chief Police Officers, for example, has made it clear that it recognises that the police must listen to and understand the experience of particular groups, such as the lesbian and gay communities, to deal with specific crimes.

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

Mr Alun Michael: ..., Southgate (Mr. Twigg) quoted the Prime Minister in that debate, and I must underline one part of the quotation. My right hon. Friend said: By supporting equality, no one is advocating or urging gay sex at 16 any more than those who would maintain the age of consent for heterosexual sex advocate that girls or boys of 16 should have sex. It is simply a question whether there are grounds...

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

Mr Alun Michael: ...present. It is important, however, that Parliament should recognise that there are differing views and that there are likely to remain concerns about sexual activity in public places, and not only gay activity. There are different approaches to the issue. In the past, Stonewall put forward a set of proposals which would involve repealing the offences of buggery and gross indecency and...

Oral Answers to Questions — Wales: Green Belts Conference (18 Feb 1991)

Mr Alun Michael: ...attempts at sensible and coherent planning of land use and the protection of the environment have been undermined by the way in which the Welsh Office has granted planning permission on appeal with gay abandon over the past 10 years? Will he promise now to break with the policies of the predecessors of his right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Wales and put the power back into the...