Section 28 Repeal: 20th Anniversary

When I became the first openly gay person in Britain to be selected to fight a parliamentary seat...

The period that my right hon. Friend describes is the period when I was at school, and I am quite...

I completely agree, and I will come on to talk a bit more about that in a second. Our first attem...

I thank my right hon. Friend for securing this critically important debate, not least because I, ...

I completely agree with my hon. Friend. That is the difference a Labour Government make. I am sur...

Can I say first of all that I understand exactly the need for this debate and for people to make ...

I take the hon. Member’s point, but parents already have such powers. I gently make the following...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Sharma, and I congratulate the right hon. M...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairpersonship, Mr Sharma. I congratulate the right hon. Me...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Sharma. I congratulate the right hon. Membe...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Sharma. I am very happy to have the opportunit...

The hon. Lady just touched on an important point, which I omitted from my speech for time reasons...

The right hon. Gentleman makes a very important point. The impact that that had, including on the...

Thank you, Mr Sharma, for coming to our rescue and saving our debate this afternoon—we very much ...

Will the hon. Lady give way?

May I just finish the quote from my constituent? She went on to say:

“I have been a patient...

I take issue with the hon. Lady on that point. I am one of the people who support amending the Eq...

As the hon. and learned Member would acknowledge, there is already provision in the Equality Act ...

That is not the case. Many once single-sex women’s refuges now have male-bodied individuals in th...

The point is that we know perfectly well that there are one or two extremely far-reaching and far...

But it is not hate.

Order. I think that is enough interventions, and you have already spoken.

Thank you. I would like to leave the Minister some time.

I say to the Minister that if the ...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Sharma. I thank the right hon. Member for E...

You can’t be old enough!

Unfortunately, I am. I thank all hon. Members for their contributions. We are marking two decades...

The Minister is helpfully describing the type of inclusive education that we all want, but does h...

The hon. Gentleman is right. We have to make sure that what we are talking about are facts, not d...

The Minister is a huge advocate for our community represented in this debate today. May I put on ...

I am grateful to my hon. Friend. I am just scribbling out the word “soon” and putting—

In due course!

In due course, indeed. I remain deeply committed to tackling these issues. I hope that that is kn...

One of the arguments that has come back when I have lobbying on this is that such a ban or Bill m...

I am grateful to my hon. Friend for his intervention. He will probably not be surprised that I sh...

I made a point earlier about compensation. Yes, LGBT people do serve proudly now, but many people...

Like the hon. and learned Lady, I was in the main Chamber when the Defence Secretary made his sta...

Thank you once again, Mr Sharma, for stepping into the breach, rushing over here to save this imp...