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Written Answers — Home Department: Metropolitan Police: Homosexuality (26 Nov 2008)

Alistair Carmichael: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what percentage of Metropolitan Police recruits identified themselves as gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender in each of the last five years; and what percentage of those recruits completed their full probationary period.

Written Answers — Northern Ireland: Police Service of Northern Ireland (20 Oct 2008)

Alistair Carmichael: ...networking sites to encourage reporting of homophobic hate crimes and incidents; and if he will make a statement; (8) what percentage of Northern Ireland police recruits identified themselves as gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender in each of the last five years; and what percentage of those recruits completed their full probationary period.

Orders of the Day — Civil Partnerships Bill [Lords]: Schedule 28 — Consequential amendments: Scotland (9 Nov 2004)

Mr Alistair Carmichael: ...a catching-up process. It is all about recognition of our society, as currently constituted and as it has been for some time. Several hon. Members have urged us to admit that we are talking about gay marriage, but I cannot admit that because, as I explained earlier, marriage is something uniquely given to mixed-sex couples. What flows from that is recognition of the marriage relationship,...

Orders of the Day — Civil Partnerships Bill [Lords]: Clause 6 — Place of registration (9 Nov 2004)

Mr Alistair Carmichael: ...same-sex marriages in the United States, but the position been settled with the Goodridge case, which was heard in the supreme judicial court of Massachusetts. It is unfair and unnecessary to leave gay and lesbian partners who have registered lawfully under Massachusetts legislation in doubt about what will happen when the Bill comes into force in the UK. There is no good reason for...

Orders of the Day — Civil Partnerships Bill [Lords]: New Clause 1 — Categories of civil partners other than same sex couples (9 Nov 2004)

Mr Alistair Carmichael: ...that the love of one sibling for another is the same as the love between couples in a same-sex sexual relationship. That is nonsensical. Let me tell the hon. Gentleman why the Bill is not about gay marriage. As a Christian, I believe that marriage is something that is entered into by a man and a woman. That does not mean that I cannot accept that the rights and opportunities of those of a...

Orders of the Day — Civil Partnerships Bill [Lords]: New Clause 1 — Categories of civil partners other than same sex couples (9 Nov 2004)

Mr Alistair Carmichael: I agree, but it is not me who is cavilling at the word. The right hon. and learned Gentleman's hon. Friends are insisting that the Government say that this is a gay marriage Bill. Their objection seems to be to the title rather than the substance. I am saying that the substance is important, not what we call it. I read with regret the advert placed by the Christian Institute in The Times this...

Orders of the Day — Civil Partnerships Bill [Lords]: New Clause 1 — Categories of civil partners other than same sex couples (9 Nov 2004)

Mr Alistair Carmichael: ...O'Cathain in the other place. The hon. Member for Gainsborough (Mr. Leigh) gave the game away when he issued a final challenge to the Minister that if she would accept that the Bill was about gay marriage, he would withdraw his amendments. That betrayed the attitude that underpins both his arguments and amendments. He does not accept the fundamental premise of the Bill, which is that we...