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

Mentions:
1: William Cash (Con - Stone) Friend also accept that it would be impossible for a criminal trial determining whether an offence has - Speech Link
2: Neale Hanvey (Alba - Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath) it a specific offence not to provide adequate information and ensure informed consent; and make it an - Speech Link
3: Miriam Cates (Con - Penistone and Stocksbridge) single act could be brought as a criminal offence. - Speech Link
4: Suella Braverman (Con - Fareham) Homosexuality is a criminal offence in about 60 countries, half of which are in Africa. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill
Committee stage part one - Mon 19 Feb 2024
Scotland Office

Mentions:
1: None This statement is far too weak to rebut the generally accepted evidence of institutional homophobia in - Speech Link
2: Baroness Kennedy of Shaws (Lab - Life peer) court representing people who were being framed for the offence of importuning, which is still a criminal - Speech Link
3: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) Each of them has a specific area of focus, including the rights of women. - Speech Link
4: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) Where an individual is charged with a criminal offence and the presiding judge doubts whether the individual - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Prevention and Suppression of Terrorism - Thu 18 Jan 2024
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Tom Tugendhat (Con - Tonbridge and Malling) It rejects democracy and engages in vile homophobia. - Speech Link
2: Tom Tugendhat (Con - Tonbridge and Malling) It will now be a criminal offence for a person to: belong to Hizb ut-Tahrir; invite or express support - Speech Link
3: Dan Jarvis (Lab - Barnsley Central) Doing so will make it a criminal offence to belong to Hizb ut-Tahrir, to engage in activities such as - Speech Link
4: Iain Duncan Smith (Con - Chingford and Woodford Green) Friend’s call to make sure that its online activities are sought out and shut down, and that those involved - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Tackling Spiking - Tue 19 Dec 2023
Home Office

Mentions:
1: None “With permission, I will make a Statement about the Government’s action to tackle spiking. - Speech Link
2: None This will remove any ambiguity and make it clear that the offence covers spiking in every form, be that - Speech Link
3: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) new spiking offence would make it easier to collect data, for example, which the noble Lord mentioned - Speech Link
4: Lord Cashman (Lab - Life peer) What further measures can the Government take to address the institutional attitudes, often homophobia - Speech Link
5: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) Education has to be a factor in this, and we have to make it clear that, if you suspect that you have - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Hate Crime Against the LGBT+ Community - Wed 18 Oct 2023
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Luke Pollard (LAB - Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport) That is a choice we can make. - Speech Link
2: Sarah Dines (Con - Derbyshire Dales) A lot of specific questions were raised, and I want to answer them. - Speech Link
3: Peter Gibson (Con - Darlington) Does the Minister have an update on specific dates? - Speech Link
4: Sarah Dines (Con - Derbyshire Dales) I will make a concluding point. My hon. - Speech Link


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

Mentions:
1: Elliot Colburn (CON - Carshalton and Wallington) that the Government Equalities Office and DLUHC are having to tackle that specific issue. - Speech Link
2: Gerald Jones (LAB - Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney) small number of online bigots, showing exactly why a Pride event is needed and why we must continue to - Speech Link
3: Martin Docherty-Hughes (SNP - West Dunbartonshire) , racism and homophobia, which was imposed on many of those nations and is now being manipulated by dark - Speech Link
4: Anneliese Dodds (LAB - Oxford East) to strengthen and equalise the law so that every category of hate crime is treated as an aggravated offence - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
International Women’s Day - Thu 09 Mar 2023
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Diana Johnson (LAB - Kingston upon Hull North) Victorian piece of legislation that says that abortion is a criminal offence. - Speech Link
2: Wera Hobhouse (LDEM - Bath) Women and girls were meant to be a priority, but they have been left without a specific route to apply - Speech Link
3: Kirsten Oswald (SNP - East Renfrewshire) None of the online abuse will make a difference—she is going nowhere.Rahima Mahmut is a Uyghur human - Speech Link
4: Maria Caulfield (CON - Lewes) criminal issue or a justice issue. - Speech Link
5: Maria Caulfield (CON - Lewes) The Bill will tackle criminal activity online. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
LGBT History Month - Thu 02 Feb 2023
Department for International Trade

Mentions:
1: Chris Bryant (LAB - Rhondda) The signal being given the drop fell and the criminal expired in less than a minute. - Speech Link
2: Joanna Cherry (SNP - Edinburgh South West) For a few years that was more or less true—homophobia persisted of course, but we were able to organise - Speech Link
3: Olivia Blake (LAB - Sheffield, Hallam) It was all about, “This is what happens to make a baby. There you go—job’s a good’un. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Protection from Sex-based Harassment in Public Bill
2nd reading - Fri 09 Dec 2022
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Greg Clark (CON - Tunbridge Wells) of their sex with the intention and effect of causing alarm or distress would be a specific criminal - Speech Link
2: Greg Clark (CON - Tunbridge Wells) great step forward in providing for a specific offence, many other measures are needed. - Speech Link
3: Laura Farris (CON - Newbury) Are we creating a de minimis criminal offence that will result in the police going on a wild goose chase - Speech Link
4: Anthony Browne (CON - South Cambridgeshire) Increasing the penalties and having a specific law for it will make it clear to them that they need to - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Public Order Bill
Report stage - Tue 18 Oct 2022
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Fay Jones (CON - Brecon and Radnorshire) that a criminal offence through the Online Safety Bill. - Speech Link
2: Jeremy Quin (CON - Horsham) specific offence of public sexual harassment could address them. - Speech Link
3: Yvette Cooper (LAB - Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford) Speaking is fine, but speaking too loudly could be a criminal offence. - Speech Link