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HANSARDOnline HomophobiaIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Walker, which does not happen very often. I look forward to the rest of this timely debate. I pay tribute to Bobby Norris,…01 Jul 2019HANSARDOnline HomophobiaI thank my hon. Friend for her kind words. She is right that we need properly financed enforcement, as well as ensuring that we can make our laws more user-friendly and easier to…01 Jul 2019HANSARDOnline HomophobiaThe Law Commission does important work in trying to bring together sometimes fragmented laws and updating them, but the review is not due to be published until 2020. There is a…01 Jul 2019HANSARDOnline HomophobiaCan the Minister take a view? I certainly believe that we should get rid of anonymity online. Rather than have me respond to a consultation, surely she can take such a declaration…01 Jul 2019HANSARDOnline HomophobiaObviously we should all be nicer to one another, but the plain fact is that a lot of people are having their mental health badly affected because there are some very nasty people…01 Jul 2019HANSARDOnline HomophobiaDoes my hon. Friend recognise that the Law Commission itself pointed out that only 3% of malicious communication offences are ever prosecuted, so there is a lot of impunity and a…01 Jul 2019HANSARD Parental Involvement in Teaching: Equality ActIs the Minister as worried as I am about the emerging evidence of an organised campaign to disrupt the introduction of RSE in schools, which is now spreading from Birmingham to…25 Jun 2019HANSARD Parental Involvement in Teaching: Equality ActTeaching about LGBT existence and relationships, and showing respect and legitimacy to all regardless of their sexual orientation, is something that has not been a feature of our…25 Jun 2019HANSARD Parental Involvement in Teaching: Equality ActI thank my hon. Friend. She has a great deal of experience in this, not least because she lives amongst the community that is being portrayed in such a way. We must not give in to…25 Jun 2019HANSARD Parental Involvement in Teaching: Equality ActUntil we got to that passage in the Minister’s speech, I thought I understood what the situation was, but he seemed to be saying that he is going to give very radicalised…25 Jun 2019HANSARD Parental Involvement in Teaching: Equality ActWill my hon. Friend give way?25 Jun 2019HANSARD Parental Involvement in Teaching: Equality ActWill my hon. Friend give way?25 Jun 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: Business of the HouseDoes the hon. Gentleman agree with me that the Secretary of State appeared to be telling us that he agreed it would be wrong to drag the Crown into Parliament by having a…12 Jun 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: Business of the HouseIt is a great privilege to follow the right hon. and learned Member for Beaconsfield (Mr Grieve) and the speech he has just given. I fear that the trajectory of the entire Brexit…12 Jun 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: Business of the HouseI agree with the hon. Lady. She is absolutely right to point out the Irish dimension of the entire debate. That many Conservatives seem willing to cast the Good Friday agreement…12 Jun 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: Business of the HouseIs my right hon. and learned Friend as alarmed as I am by the cavalier way in which certain contenders fighting the election for the leadership of the Conservative party seem to…12 Jun 2019HANSARD Murders in Northamptonshire: Serious Case ReviewsFunding may not have had a direct effect, but surely the Minister needs to recognise that, with the huge cuts to local authorities and a national shortage of well-qualified social…10 Jun 2019HANSARDEU Parliament Elections: Denial of VotesI think the Minister has misunderstood his job. He seems to think it is about disenfranchising people who are going to vote the wrong way. After the 2014 European elections, the…04 Jun 2019HANSARDInternational Day against Homophobia, Biphobia and TransphobiaDefence Secretary.16 May 2019HANSARDInternational Day against Homophobia, Biphobia and TransphobiaDoes the right hon. Gentleman recognise that there is a real problem of homophobic bullying in the workplace and that often those best placed to deal with it are the trade unions?…16 May 2019