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Commons Chamber
LGBT+ History Month - Thu 12 Feb 2026
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Nadia Whittome (Lab - Nottingham East) I am devastated that I cannot say the same for my time here. - Speech Link
2: Kate Osborne (Lab - Jarrow and Gateshead East) As the new chair of the APPG on fertility, I will continue to fight for IVF for all. - Speech Link
3: Sarah Owen (Lab - Luton North) an end to same-sex couples being allowed to adopt. - Speech Link
4: Steve Race (Lab - Exeter) same-sex couples in 2005; and to pass the Equality Act 2010.The 1997 election saw out gay politicians - Speech Link
5: Mims Davies (Con - East Grinstead and Uckfield) Sex Couples) Act 2013. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Baby Loss - Mon 13 Oct 2025
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Michelle Welsh (Lab - Sherwood Forest) The time for analysis is over. The time for delay is over. - Speech Link
2: Naz Shah (Lab - Bradford West) Friend the Member for Rossendale and Darwen (Andy MacNae) for his work to secure this debate and for - Speech Link
3: Caroline Johnson (Con - Sleaford and North Hykeham) From her report came a £95 million ringfenced fund to improve the care available for expectant mothers - Speech Link
4: Wes Streeting (Lab - Ilford North) truth, for justice, for answers, for accountability and for change, so that other families do not have - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Lesbian Visibility Week - Thu 24 Apr 2025
Wales Office

Mentions:
1: Kate Osborne (Lab - Jarrow and Gateshead East) same-sex couples, and a postcode lottery on IVF. - Speech Link
2: Antonia Bance (Lab - Tipton and Wednesbury) For many couples, the disappointment when one IVF round is not enough is completely avoidable. - Speech Link
3: Sarah Dyke (LD - Glastonbury and Somerton) The UK must be a leader in global human rights, pushing for decriminalisation and protection for same-sex-attracted - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Wed 19 Mar 2025
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Jess Phillips (Lab - Birmingham Yardley) Lady for her continued support for Natalie’s family. - Speech Link
2: Charlotte Nichols (Lab - Warrington North) research, 52% of integrated care boards in England, including Cheshire and Merseyside ICB, still require same-sex - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Lesbian Visibility Week - Thu 25 Apr 2024
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Kate Osborne (Lab - Jarrow) same-sex couples who need to access in vitro fertilisation. - Speech Link
2: Ashley Dalton (Lab - West Lancashire) As a Christian, I am delighted that same-sex couples are finally able to receive blessings from the Church - Speech Link
3: Stuart Andrew (Con - Pudsey) Our initial priority is to remove the requirement for female same-sex couples to self-fund six rounds - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Wed 24 Apr 2024
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Steve Baker (Con - Wycombe) We work with the Department for Business and Trade to ensure that the same advantages are available to - Speech Link
2: Oliver Dowden (Con - Hertsmere) At the same time, he has saved Teesside airport and secured a new freeport for Teesside—no wonder people - Speech Link
3: Kate Osborne (Lab - Jarrow) couples face when accessing IVF. - Speech Link
4: Oliver Dowden (Con - Hertsmere) same-sex couples and passed the Turing law. - Speech Link


Written Statements
Women’s Health Strategy - Wed 17 Jan 2024
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Victoria Atkins (Con - Louth and Horncastle) After a successful first year implementing the women’s health strategy for England, I am pleased to - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Section 28 Repeal: 20th Anniversary - Wed 29 Nov 2023
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Joanna Cherry (SNP - Edinburgh South West) Our movement at that time was a movement for lesbian, gay and bisexual rights; the rights of the same-sex - Speech Link
2: Nia Griffith (Lab - Llanelli) Same-sex relationships were little acknowledged, and we knew very few other same-sex couples, so we were - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
IVF Provision - Tue 24 Oct 2023
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Kate Osborne (Lab - Jarrow) As for IVF for same-sex couples, we are still waiting for the Government to keep their promise to remove - Speech Link
2: Hannah Bardell (SNP - Livingston) It showed LGBT couples and female same-sex couples searching the internet for donors and often facing - Speech Link
3: Maria Caulfield (Con - Lewes) Members that progress is being made.For female same-sex couples and same-sex couples across the board - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Pride Month - Thu 15 Jun 2023
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Angela Eagle (LAB - Wallasey) relationships, and 10 years since the equal marriage Act—the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013—which - Speech Link
2: Nickie Aiken (CON - Cities of London and Westminster) With the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013, gay people were finally treated as equals, and the last - Speech Link
3: Ben Bradshaw (LAB - Exeter) We introduced the Gender Recognition Act 2004, civil partnerships, adoption for same-sex couples, tougher - Speech Link
4: Gerald Jones (LAB - Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney) , equalising the age of consent for same-sex couples, scrapping the Thatcher-era section 28 policy and - Speech Link
5: Wera Hobhouse (LDEM - Bath) LGBT+ couples must fund 10 cycles of artificial insemination themselves before they can access NHS IVF - Speech Link