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Bill Presented: Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Act 2019 Section 7 (30 Sep 2019)

Sammy Wilson: ..., and now they lament that we cannot get this issue dealt with as far as the victims are concerned. The Assembly will not be up and running because, for those who wanted the changes to abortion and gay marriage legislation, there is every incentive not to have it up and running. They are showing no indication that they will even engage in talks. It is important that the Secretary of State...

LGBT Community and Acceptance Teaching — [Sir Roger Gale in the Chair] ( 4 Sep 2019)

Luke Pollard: ...LGBT children’s books can have a profound effect on young people. I gave my young nephew the book “And Tango Makes Three”, which I have spoken about in the main Chamber. It is about a pair of gay penguins who adopt a baby penguin, and it is a wonderful, beautiful story that fits well on his little bookshelf. The thing that makes it so perfect is that it makes no difference to my...

Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill - Report: Amendment 11A (to Amendment 11) (17 Jul 2019)

Lord Bruce of Bennachie: I do not dispute that whatsoever. I am taking the specific issue of same-sex marriage, and on that, Sinn Féin politicians have said that they would welcome this Parliament passing a law to introduce same-sex marriage. Indeed, politicians, leaders and leading politicians of every party bar one have done so. Had the Assembly been sitting, possibly without the use of a petition of concern, it...

Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill - Report: Amendment 11 (17 Jul 2019)

Lord Hayward: ...and interest in this subject. We have discussed on a number of occasions during the previous debates the history of the Northern Ireland Assembly and a number of votes on the question of same-sex marriage. I came to this relatively recently. In January last year, I hosted a party here at the House of Lords for members of the Kings Cross Steelers—whose tie I wear with pride this evening....

Census (Return Particulars and Removal of Penalties) Bill [Lords] (17 Jul 2019)

Chris Matheson: ...about a community that is in particular need of support: LGBT+ people have worse mental and physical health outcomes on average than the rest of the population. In particular, suicide rates for gay and bisexual youth are significantly higher than for their heterosexual counterparts. It is not just the youth who are suffering; older LGBT people suffer disproportionately from social...

Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill - Committee (Continued): Amendment 17 (15 Jul 2019)

Lord Bruce of Bennachie: ...in the rest of the UK to Northern Ireland. To that extent, it is welcome. Indeed, there was strong debate around the idea that there was never any attempt to force anyone to be involved in same-sex marriage or be required to perform or officiate at such a marriage. That was absolutely clear. The law makes that clear and I accept it entirely. But I have two concerns. I have a slight concern...

Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill - Committee: Amendment 10 (15 Jul 2019)

Lord Carlile of Berriew: ...own eyes and in my own experience. I can tell your Lordships that among my five daughters and step-daughters and my nine grandsons and grand- daughters, I have one daughter who is in a very happy gay marriage to our beloved daughter-in-law and another daughter who was in a gay civil partnership and is now married to a man, as a result of which we have a beloved former daughter-in-law and...

Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill: Marriage of same-sex couples in Northern Ireland ( 9 Jul 2019)

Ged Killen: I rise to support new clauses 9, 10, 11 and 12 and to speak in favour of new clause 1 on the issue of same sex-marriage. I begin by placing on record my thanks to my hon. Friend the Member for St Helens North (Conor McGinn), who really is the very best example of an LGBT ally; I will come on to talk more about that in a moment. He is no longer in his place, but I am sure he will be back...

Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill ( 8 Jul 2019)

Conor McGinn: I would make two points. First, the hon. Gentleman’s constituents in Bury and mine in St Helens who are gay did not have to win a referendum to be able to marry the person they love. Secondly, I gave a lot of thought to my amendment on same-sex marriage and to the sensitivities in Northern Ireland. I do not claim to be an expert in any way, shape or form, but I have considered the matter...

Sale of New Petrol and Diesel Cars and Vans: Assisted Dying ( 4 Jul 2019)

Nicholas Boles: ...was right to legislate to allow abortion for women in the early months of a pregnancy, despite the opposition of Church leaders. Parliament was right to legislate to extend the institution of marriage to gay people although most organised religions still consider homosexuality a sin. When Parliament next debates the reform of our laws on assisted dying, I hope that it is not religious...

Petition - Closure of Heywood Crown Post Office: Parental Involvement in Teaching: Equality Act (25 Jun 2019)

Chris Bryant: ...the colour of their skin, what school they went to, what accent they spoke with, whether they were a man or woman, whether they were rich or poor, or, for that matter, whether they were straight or gay. I was taught simply to judge them according to the strength of their character, which would be evinced not by the words that they used, but the things that they did in their life. I...

International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia (16 May 2019)

Dawn Butler: ...their true, authentic selves to work, yet there are still lots of people in this country and beyond who feel that they cannot do so. One equality does not trump another. You do not have to be gay to fight for gay rights: you just have to believe in equality. That might not come naturally to some—in fact, it may be hard, because they have to confront friends, family members, and even...

LGBT Rights: Brunei (10 Apr 2019)

Chris Bryant: Of course all right-thinking people will condemn what has been introduced in Brunei in recent weeks. We would condemn the stoning of anybody, whether they were lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or whatever. It is a positively inhumane way of undertaking what they pretend is a form of justice. However, we in the United Kingdom have a share of the blame for what has happened in the...

Rating and Valuation: Education (20 Mar 2019)

Anna Turley: ...that British value of the rule of law, I am very proud of the laws in this land, which so many have fought for so valiantly over many years. I am proud of the law of this land that recognises equal marriage and I am proud of the law of this land that does not allow discrimination against LGBT people under the Equality Act 2010, including discrimination against pupils who are LGBT, pupils...

Civil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration etc.) Bill: Extension of Civil Partnership (15 Mar 2019)

Neil O'Brien: ...There is no point in having a Parliament if we cannot have disagreements in it, and this is the whole point of the exercise. I start my remarks on this by putting on the record my support for equal marriage for gay people. I always have done, including when that hugely important reform was made. Despite the fact that this country has made a huge amount of progress, there is still a large...

Civil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration etc) Bill - Report ( 1 Mar 2019)

Lord Hayward: ...is dealt with—I will return as quickly as possible. Secondly, somewhat surprisingly, I disagree with the noble Lord, Lord Cashman, and others, who talked about responsibility in relation to gay marriage and equality in Northern Ireland. I do so on the basis that a legal case is coming, which may decide where the responsibility lies. I agree with the noble Lords, Lord Kilclooney, Lord...

Scottish Parliament: LGBT History Month (26 Feb 2019)

Jenny Gilruth: ...this members’ business debate on LGBT history month. It is also a privilege to do so in a Parliament that Professor Andrew Reynolds of the University of North Carolina has described as “the gayest Parliament in the world.” I am delighted to see that the Minister for Older People and Equalities, Christina McKelvie, will respond to the debate, as she has always been a true ally of the...

Relationships and Sex Education — [Mrs Madeleine Moon in the Chair] (25 Feb 2019)

Helen Jones: Perhaps it might help the hon. Lady if I gave an example. The Catholic Church does not support same-sex marriage. That does not prevent Catholic schools from teaching that same-sex marriage is allowable in this country; nor does it prevent them from teaching about gay rights.

Civil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration Etc.) Bill - Committee ( 1 Feb 2019)

Lord Collins of Highbury: ...to which people are seeking an answer. I do not profess for one moment that we necessarily have it right, but it is really important that we have this debate, especially as we are now talking about marriage being dissolved so that people can go into another form of relationship. The nature of relationships is changing, and the state is catching up. I say from the outset that no politician...

Civil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration Etc.) Bill - Second Reading (18 Jan 2019)

Lord Cashman: ..., especially minorities, who are so often misrepresented and defamed. I am pleased that the noble Lord, Lord Hayward, whom I congratulate on the work he is doing on the Northern Ireland same sex marriage Bill, reminded me of 1994 when we sat in the Gallery for the age of consent debate. I had forgotten that I was sitting with Boy George, but I remembered that I was sitting with the noble...


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