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Asylum: Mehdi Kazemi (11 Mar 2008)

Lord Bassam of Brighton: .... Representations are also made through the EU, as this has been found to be the most effective way of making such representations. The Border and Immigration Agency enforces the return of Iranian gay men only when we are satisfied that they are not in need of protection. We do not seek to enforce returns to Iran unless our decision-making processes and the independent courts are satisfied...

Asylum: Mehdi Kazemi (11 Mar 2008)

Lord Bassam of Brighton: My Lords, I repeat what I said earlier. We are extremely cautious about the way in which we treat these cases. The noble Lord makes an important point about human rights in so far as gay men and women are concerned and clearly we follow that very carefully when we give detailed consideration to these cases. They go through a rigorous appeals and court process. Obviously we have to follow and...

Asylum: Mehdi Kazemi (11 Mar 2008)

Lord Bassam of Brighton: ...that this Government have an extremely good track record in that regard. We have done a great deal over the past 10 years. We could not have had this debate 10 years ago, talking about protecting gay men and women and ensuring that their human rights are properly upheld.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Civil Service: Staff Networks (8 Mar 2006)

Lord Bassam of Brighton: ...Carers' Network; Civil Service Disability Network (CSDN); Civil Service Islamic Society (CSIS); Civil Service Race Equality Network (CSREN); Civil Service Rainbow Alliance (CSRA) for lesbian, gay, and bisexual staff; Minority Ethnic Talent Association (META), a newly created network for staff who have participated on the corporate leadership development programme for minority ethnic staff;...

Local Government Bill (3 Apr 2003)

Lord Bassam of Brighton: ...law, many of us in local government felt a great sense of shame that the government of the day decided to visit it upon us. Representing, as I did then, a local authority with a large lesbian and gay community, I was particularly affected by it. It made running services across the board, particularly for those from that community, difficult indeed. They treated us with a great deal more...