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Select Committee
Centre for Evidence and Criminal Justice Studies, Northumbria University Law School
 EBM0006 - Electronic border management systems

Written Evidence Mar. 26 2024

Inquiry: Electronic border management systems
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Justice and Home Affairs Committee

Found: check-in desk | Immigration and asylum | The Guardian 8 See, eg: ‘any information supplied [about convictions

Departmental Publication (Statistics)
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mar. 26 2024

Source Page: Homosexuality at the Foreign Office 1967 to 1991
Document: Homosexuality at the Foreign Office, 1967 to 1991 (PDF)

Found: Homosexuality at the Foreign Office 1967 to 1991

Departmental Publication (Statistics)
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mar. 25 2024

Source Page: The Khan Review: Threats to Social Cohesion and Democratic Resilience
Document: Rapid evidence review: shared social values (PDF)

Found: For example, the proportion of the population who view homosexuality as morally justifiable has gone

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

Non-Departmental Publication (Statistics)
Commission for Countering Extremism

Mar. 11 2024

Source Page: Understanding and responding to blasphemy extremism
Document: Understanding and Responding to Blasphemy Extremism in the UK (PDF)

Found: violence since the publication of the Satanic Verses in 1988, with two cases leading to terrorism convictions

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

Parliamentary Research
LGBT+ History Month - CDP-2024-0044
Feb. 26 2024

Found: Peter Tatchell’s analysis of gross indecency convictions in this period suggests that convictions rose

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

Select Committee
Redress Trust
 RWA0003 - Safety of Rwanda (Asylum & Immigration) Bill

Written Evidence Jan. 29 2024

Committee: Human Rights (Joint Committee)

Found: Impact Assessment on the Migration and Economic Development Partnership with Rwanda states that homosexuality