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Public Bill Committee: Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [Lords]: Clause 42 (10 Jun 2008)

Gary Streeter: ...study of relationship stability within the context of civil partnership arrangements was done in Sweden, where such relationships have been legal since the early 1990s. That study showed that male gay couples are 50 per cent. more likely to break up than married heterosexual couples and that the rate of partnership break-up for lesbian couples is about double that for gay couples. It does...

Public Bill Committee: Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [Lords]: Clause 42 (10 Jun 2008)

Gary Streeter: Okay. I am saying that because we did not want to be separated from our children, but I take her point. That is why I would rather a child was placed for adoption with a gay or lesbian couple than left in local authority care, because the presence of two nurturing parents for that child has to be better than local authority care.

Public Bill Committee: Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [Lords]: Clause 42 (10 Jun 2008)

Gary Streeter: ..., it is important that certain opinions are voiced, and I hope to do so in a reasonable manner. I wish to express concern about the clause and subsequent clauses. Some people argue that because gay adoption is legal, it is only natural that same-sex couples should have the right to equal access to IVF treatment. The clause deals particularly with the birth certificate arrangements in that...

Opposition Day: Family Policy (14 Apr 1994)

Mr Gary Streeter: ....] Oh yes. That teaches us that we can no longer support the argument in favour of the traditional family. It says that it is perfectly all right to have children brought up by lesbian or gay couples. That made hon. Members suddenly go very quiet. The left-wing ideology states that single parents are as good as two parents. That has been thrust down our throats, and how we have suffered as...