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Commons Chamber
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill
Consideration of Lords amendments - Mon 18 Mar 2024
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Joanna Cherry (SNP - Edinburgh South West) People were at great pains to tell me that homosexuality and transgenderism are not criminal offences - Speech Link
2: Kevin Foster (Con - Torbay) for Bosworth (Dr Evans) rightly pointed out that there have been a lot of prosecutions, arrests and convictions - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
International Women’s Day - Fri 08 Mar 2024
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Baroness Goudie (Lab - Life peer) against the death of Mahsa Amini.Women worldwide endure double jeopardy, for their gender and their convictions - Speech Link
2: Baroness Brinton (LD - Life peer) You can now be sentenced to death for “extreme homosexuality”, under a law passed last year. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Conversion Practices (Prohibition) Bill
2nd reading - Fri 01 Mar 2024
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Neale Hanvey (Alba - Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath) section 28 amendment introduced by the Thatcher Government in 1988, which prohibited the promotion of homosexuality - Speech Link
2: Peter Gibson (Con - Darlington) was planning to approve, which shockingly offered conversion therapy as a means of evading jail for homosexuality - Speech Link
3: Suella Braverman (Con - Fareham) Homosexuality is a criminal offence in about 60 countries, half of which are in Africa. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Conversion Therapy Prohibition (Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity) Bill [HL] - Fri 09 Feb 2024
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Paddick (Non-affiliated - Life peer) That is how I view my Christian beliefs set against my homosexuality. - Speech Link
2: Lord Hannan of Kingsclere (Con - Life peer) individuals is a key principle, whether we are talking about gay people or about people with religious convictions - Speech Link
3: Lord Curry of Kirkharle (XB - Life peer) Such a law would be wholly intolerant of Christians who hold orthodox convictions. - Speech Link
4: Lord Bishop of Guildford (Bshp - Bishops) Otherwise, we are in danger of criminalising potentially millions of citizens who are living by their own convictions - Speech Link
5: Lord Trevethin and Oaksey (XB - Excepted Hereditary) The danger is not so much a risk of convictions and draconian penalties being imposed by the court, because - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
LGBT Veterans Independent Review - Tue 19 Dec 2023
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: None year, this Government asked Lord Etherton to conduct a review into the impact of the historic ban on homosexuality - Speech Link
2: None military and, back in June, the Home Office extended its disregard and pardon scheme, wiping historic convictions - Speech Link
3: Lord Lexden (Con - Life peer) House that the MoD will promote the scheme with vigour and encourage LGBT veterans living with unjust convictions - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
LGBT Veterans Independent Review - Wed 13 Dec 2023
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Andrew Murrison (Con - South West Wiltshire) year, this Government asked Lord Etherton to conduct a review into the impact of the historic ban on homosexuality - Speech Link
2: Kirsten Oswald (SNP - East Renfrewshire) We must remember that while homosexuality was decriminalised in 1967, the ban on LGBT people in the armed - Speech Link
3: Michael Fabricant (Con - Lichfield) What discussions has he had with colleagues in the Home Office regarding any convictions that there may - Speech Link
4: Mark Pritchard (Con - The Wrekin) disregards—or “expunging”, as the Minister suggested—am I right in thinking that those who have had service convictions - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Veterans Update - Thu 20 Jul 2023
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: None the unacceptable hurt caused to LGBT members of our nation’s Armed Forces by the 1967 to 2000 ban on homosexuality - Speech Link
2: None investigation records concerning decriminalised sexual offences, so that historical decriminalised convictions - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Veterans Update - Wed 19 Jul 2023
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Ben Wallace (CON - Wyre and Preston North) the unacceptable hurt caused to LGBT members of our nation’s armed forces by the 1967 to 2000 ban on homosexuality - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill
2nd reading - Mon 03 Jul 2023
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Kit Malthouse (CON - North West Hampshire) Every decision that is taken will be scrutinised, and, moreover, councillors who have strong convictions - Speech Link
2: Paul Blomfield (LAB - Sheffield Central) Act 1988, which, alongside the notorious clause 28 prohibiting local authorities from “promotion of homosexuality - Speech Link
3: Imran Hussain (LAB - Bradford East) It forces public bodies and civic society to kneel, against their own moral convictions, to the Secretary - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Relationships and Sexuality Education (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 - Wed 28 Jun 2023
Northern Ireland Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Thornton (LAB - Life peer) It revealed that some schools are teaching children that homosexuality is wrong.In England, Scotland - Speech Link
2: Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown (DUP - Life peer) parents to ensure such education and teaching in conformity with their own religious and philosophical convictions - Speech Link
3: Lord Morrow (DUP - Life peer) parents to ensure such education and teaching in conformity with their own religious and philosophical convictions - Speech Link
4: Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick (LAB - Life peer) parents to ensure such education and teaching in conformity with their own religious and philosophical convictions - Speech Link
5: None This statement exposes the total lack of concern for people who hold deep convictions of faith. - Speech Link