Results 1-4 of 4 for gay speaker:John Penrose

Public Bill Committee: Equality Bill: Clause 143 (30 Jun 2009)

John Penrose: ...the “black box” approach. They will have to check on small, voluntary sector organisations. For example, there might be a small charity in Leeds that is involved in getting members of the gay community who are suffering from HIV back into work in central Leeds. It might be small, specialised and potentially very effective at what it does. However, if we are not careful, we could...

Public Bill Committee: Equality Bill: Clause 26 (18 Jun 2009)

John Penrose: ...Wheels refused to give me insurance because I am male, would that be illegal? What is the Government’s thinking about the underlying principles? Other examples were mentioned. Today, I can think of gay clubs that might want to exclude heterosexual people. One might think of gyms that operate women-only classes or sessions. There are lots of examples all round.

Public Bill Committee: Equality Bill (9 Jun 2009)

John Penrose: ...those that may be private sector or third sector, who are very focused and dedicated and high-quality providers of services to particular niches. It might be somewhere in Bradford, it might be gay HIV sufferers in Leeds, it does not matter where, but some of them are very focused and very effective within their area, but are small organisations that find it very onerous to comply with some...

Epilepsy (Electronic Games) (1 Jul 2008)

John Penrose: I am here to take forward the case of one of my constituents, Gaye Herford, who came to me last year, telling me that her son had suffered a photosensitive epilepsy attack while playing a computer game. The more I looked into that specific case and the more general issues surrounding photosensitive epilepsy, or PSE, the more concerned I became. It rapidly became clear that for an attack of...