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Channel 4 (15 Mar 2007)

Shaun Woodward: ...urge caution before we turn our attack on Channel 4. I put on record my belief that Channel 4 is an exemplary public broadcasting channel. In its work on equality issues, for example, it tackled gay issues head-on at a time when other programmes and channels found them a difficult area to tackle. In religion, its high-quality programming has looked at different religions and cultures at a...

Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: Digital Switchover (30 Oct 2006)

Shaun Woodward: ...future household growth. The scheme definition of eligible households mirrors Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) definition of a benefit unit: a couple (which from December 2005 includes gay couples) and any dependent children. It excludes adults deemed to be non-dependents who, if eligible, will be able to claim assistance from the help scheme in their own right. 2. The estimates...

Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: Digital Switchover (30 Oct 2006)

Shaun Woodward: ...future household growth. The scheme definition of eligible households mirrors Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) definition of a benefit unit: a couple (which from December 2005 includes gay couples) and any dependent children. It excludes adults deemed to be non-dependents who, if eligible, will be able to claim assistance from the help scheme in their own right. 2. The estimates use...

Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: Digital Switchover (30 Oct 2006)

Shaun Woodward: ...future household growth. The scheme definition of eligible households mirrors Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) definition of a benefit unit: a couple (which from December 2005 includes gay couples) and any dependent children. It excludes adults deemed to be non-dependents who, if eligible, will be able to claim assistance from the help scheme in their own right. 2. The estimates use...

Orders of the Day — Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill: New Clause 6 — Police Service Northern Ireland 50–50 recruitment policy (20 Apr 2006)

Shaun Woodward: ...makes clear, however, the imbalance between the numbers of Catholics and Protestants was the most striking problem in the composition of the police, above issues such as gender, ethnic minority and gay and lesbian representation, which have also been raised, though the commission rightly recognised their importance. Ethnic minorities make up 0.27 per cent. of PSNI officers. Of course, that...

Written Answers — Northern Ireland: Policing Accountability Report (13 Mar 2006)

Shaun Woodward: The Policing Accountability and the Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Community in Northern Ireland Report was jointly commissioned by the Police Ombudsman and the Northern Ireland Policing Board. The total cost of the report was £20,650. The Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland paid £6,884 and the Northern Ireland Policing Board paid £13,766.

Written Answers — Home Department: Hate Crime (3 Nov 2004)

Mr Shaun Woodward: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if the Government will amend legislation on hate crimes against (a) people with disabilities and (b) gay, lesbian and bisexual people to make it as extensive as that which applies to hate crimes on the grounds of race and religion; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Home Department: Race Hate Crime (9 Sep 2004)

Mr Shaun Woodward: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many reported incidents of race hate crimes there have been against (a) people with learning difficulties, (b) people with disabilities, (c) gays, lesbians and bisexuals and (d) transsexuals there have been in (i) St. Helens and (ii) England and Wales, broken down by region, in each year since 1997; and what percentage (A) were brought...

Human Rights Commission (15 May 2003)

Mr Shaun Woodward: ...and the Government—the repeal of section 28. If we believe that people have a right to be treated fairly, we have a problem supporting something that makes that tougher for people who are gay. In an advanced democratic western culture, we should consider the desire to remove discrimination a good cause. It is sometimes troubling when political parties want to get behind...

Local Government Bill — [2nd Allotted Day]: New Clause 11 — Repeal of Section 2A of Local Government Act 1986 (10 Mar 2003)

Mr Shaun Woodward: ...'s all very nasty." The hon. Member for Gainsborough (Mr. Leigh) constantly spoke about being a parent, so I shall do so in return. I have a son and three daughters. One of them may grow up to be gay or they all might not be gay. What I know is that, because of their ages, they are all passing through periods of growing up and are becoming adults and going through sexual experiences in...

Local Government Bill — [2nd Allotted Day]: New Clause 11 — Repeal of Section 2A of Local Government Act 1986 (10 Mar 2003)

Mr Shaun Woodward: ...happen for different reasons and in different circumstances. The hon. Member for Gainsborough said—I think that he denigrated his argument by doing so—that the issue was all about the gay rights special lobby. Frankly, there is every reason for those in that lobby to undertake special pleading about some of the devastatingly cruel things that have been done to people who are...

Local Government Bill — [2nd Allotted Day]: New Clause 11 — Repeal of Section 2A of Local Government Act 1986 (10 Mar 2003)

Mr Shaun Woodward: ...they have nothing to be fearful about. What people have to fear is prejudice out there doing harm. When my hon. Friend the Member for Rhondda mentions the 12 people who are on the end of being gay bashed and murdered each year, year in, year out, the hon. Member for Gainsborough should think about that. If the legislation before us saves one life, let alone 12 lives—or 120 in 10...

Orders of the Day — Local Government Bill [Lords] (11 Apr 2000)

Shaun Woodward: ...quoting from a family—a mother—[Interruption.] I am sorry that the hon. Member for Blaby finds a letter from a mother funny. I think that it is rather important. She writes: My son is gay and has lived his life being bullied at school. His life has been an absolute misery.I, like most of the nation, cringed at the very thought of homosexuality (not knowing my son was gay.) I...

Orders of the Day — Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill: Exceptions (10 Feb 1999)

Mr Shaun Woodward: ...It does not come from a lobby group. It is not the expression of a militant individual. It is from a member of our society, our community, our country who happens to be homosexual. He says: As a gay man now in my late 30s I can still remember how terrified and isolated I felt about my burgeoning sexuality during my teenage years. My discovery from the dictionary that my feelings could be...

Orders of the Day — Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill (25 Jan 1999)

Mr Shaun Woodward: ...people whom we ostracise at the moment a burden of responsibility, and risk ignoring the far greater worries that I have seen many times in my work for Childline. The immorality is not committed by gay young men who wish to engage in a consenting relationship with someone of their age but by those in the heterosexual community: by and large, the abuse of children is committed not by...

Orders of the Day — Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill (25 Jan 1999)

Mr Shaun Woodward: ...Cruelty to Children supports an equal age of consent, saying: In our view, there should be equality because continuing discrimination in law against homosexuals stigmatises young people growing up gay, hinders them from developing a positive self image and prevents them from seeking information and help in coming to terms with their sexuality. The NSPCC is in the company of charities such...

Orders of the Day — Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill (25 Jan 1999)

Mr Shaun Woodward: ...that work with and help young people suffering from HIV and AIDS is time well spent. By the same principle, we should use education and information rather than the criminal law to help young gay men aged 16 and over to avoid exposing themselves to unnecessary risks.

Orders of the Day — Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill (25 Jan 1999)

Mr Shaun Woodward: ... as for a 37-year-old man. Many 37-year-old or 57-year-old men and women still do not report assault and rape because they are afraid of the stigma that goes with it. Discrimination against gay people discourages them from going to the police because they continue to fear the stigma that society bestows on them. All young adults in consenting relationships need sex education. They need...