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Opposition Day — [20th Allotted Day — First Part]: Bullying in Schools (17 Oct 2007) has video

Kevin Brennan: ...the Adoption and Children Act 2002, and his long-standing record includes having moved his own party in the same direction in relation to homophobic bullying and equal treatment of people with a gay orientation. I will deal with his intervention a little later in my speech. More than three quarters of secondary schools and more than 50 per cent. of primary schools are already using the...

Opposition Day — [20th Allotted Day — First Part]: Bullying in Schools (17 Oct 2007) has video

Kevin Brennan: ...with all interested parties, including faith groups, gives teachers for the first time specific advice to help to challenge and to change homophobic attitudes, while supporting and affirming gay, lesbian and bisexual pupils, and their right to be themselves without being bullied. The guidance provides schools with advice on how to use the curriculum to encourage a climate of respect to...

Adoption and Children Bill: Clause 44 — Suitability Of Adopters (4 Nov 2002)

Mr Kevin Brennan: ...I know that other hon. Members want to speak and I want to be helpful to them. I have studied the debates in the House of Lords, and I believe that for some this argument is about the fear of a gay contagion, as if somehow it is possible for children who are adopted by unmarried or same-sex unmarried couples—such occurrences are very rare and will still be rare when the Bill is...