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Commons Chamber
Business of the House - Thu 26 Jun 2025
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Lucy Powell (LAB - Manchester Central) For so many years, those who were gay were not able to be in the armed forces. - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Mental Health Bill [ Lords ] (Ninth sitting)
Committee stage: 9th sitting - Tue 24 Jun 2025
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Danny Chambers (LD - Winchester) outcomes of patients who are treated under the Mental Health Act 1983 and who identify as lesbian, gay - Speech Link
2: Zöe Franklin (LD - Guildford) and that support must be fair and respectful, no matter whether the patient identifies as lesbian, gay - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Tue 24 Jun 2025
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Mike Tapp (Lab - Dover and Deal) The Iranian regime hangs gay people from cranes. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Pride Month - Mon 23 Jun 2025
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

Mentions:
1: Chris Bryant (Lab - Rhondda and Ogmore) The Daily Mail once referred to me as an “ex-gay vicar”. - Speech Link
2: Stuart Andrew (Con - Daventry) Gay and bisexual men lived in fear, and many felt powerless and hopeless. - Speech Link
3: Tom Hayes (Lab - Bournemouth East) We also recommit to liberation—the liberation of lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans people. - Speech Link
4: Alex Sobel (LAB - Leeds Central and Headingley) He said:“No one can know that you are gay in Georgia. - Speech Link
5: Oliver Ryan (Ind - Burnley) I say to my constituents in Burnley, Padiham and Brierfield who are lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Marriage between First Cousins - Wed 18 Jun 2025
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Richard Holden (Con - Basildon and Billericay) There are even cases of gay men and women who have been forced to marry out of familial obligation. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Crime and Policing Bill
Report stage - Wed 18 Jun 2025
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Rachel Taylor (Lab - North Warwickshire and Bedworth) London’s Bengali community; one exploded in Soho, at the Admiral Duncan pub, the heart of London’s gay - Speech Link
2: Jacob Collier (Lab - Burton and Uttoxeter) It is about recognising that, whether you are a trans teenager being punched in a park, a gay couple - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Humanist Marriage - Thu 12 Jun 2025
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Sam Carling (Lab - North West Cambridgeshire) Among lesbian, gay and bisexual people, that jumps up to 63%. - Speech Link
2: Kieran Mullan (Con - Bexhill and Battle) We delivered the groundbreaking Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act, which allowed gay and lesbian couples - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Holocaust Memorial Bill
Report stage part two - Wed 11 Jun 2025
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: Lord Herbert of South Downs (Con - Life peer) should ignore or belittle what was done to people by the same Nazi regime simply because they were gay - Speech Link
2: None board the astute point made by my noble friend Lord Herbert of South Downs about the persecution of the gay - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Thu 22 May 2025
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

Mentions:
1: Lindsay Hoyle (Spk - Chorley) Member for Rhondda and Ogmore (Chris Bryant)—the author of a good book about certain gay MPs—for his - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
National Security Act 2023: Charges - Mon 19 May 2025
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Chris Philp (Con - Croydon South) People who are gay in Iran are persecuted and sometimes killed, and those who oppose the Iranian regime - Speech Link