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Rights For Gay Men And Lesbians In Romania (No. 2)

EDM number 959 in 1995-96, proposed by Lynne Jones on 06/06/1996.

That this House notes that, at its entry to the Council of Europe in September 1993, Romania gave a commitment to decriminalise homosexuality; expresses concern that Romania remains the only member of the Council of Europe which continues to condemn its citizens to prison for engaging in consensual same sex relationships; further notes that homosexual men and women are a social group which continues to be systematically discriminated against under the Romanian penal code; shares Amnesty International's concern that the planned revision of the law will criminalise same sex relations that cause a public scandal, which is a vague legal definition that is open to interpretation to allow the prosecution of Romanian adults solely because of consensual homosexual acts in private, acts which are legal if carried out in similar circumst ances but by heterosexuals; also expresses its concern at the proposed restrictions on the rights to freedom of assembly,expression and association of gay and lesbian Romanian ci tizens; and calls on the Romanian Parliament to pass a full and proper discrimination measure and to eliminate other forms of discrimination against homosexual men and women in the penal code.

This motion has been signed by a total of 62 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Lynne Jones06/06/1996Birmingham, Selly OakProposed
Keith Hill07/06/1996StreathamSigned
Glenda Jackson07/06/1996Hampstead & HighgateSigned
Ken Livingstone07/06/1996Brent EastSigned
Tony Banks07/06/1996Newham North WestSigned
Harry Barnes10/06/1996North East DerbyshireSigned
Bill Michie11/06/1996Sheffield, HeeleySigned
Richard Burden11/06/1996Birmingham, NorthfieldSigned
Michael Clapham11/06/1996Barnsley West & PenistoneSigned
Chris Davies11/06/1996Littleborough and SaddleworthSigned
Max Madden12/06/1996Bradford WestSigned
John Heppell12/06/1996Nottingham EastSigned
Alice Mahon12/06/1996HalifaxSigned
Jean Corston12/06/1996Bristol EastSigned
Maria Fyfe12/06/1996Glasgow, MaryhillSigned
Neil Gerrard13/06/1996WalthamstowSigned
Nick Harvey13/06/1996North DevonSigned
Helen Jackson17/06/1996Sheffield, HillsboroughSigned
Michael Brown17/06/1996Brigg and CleethorpesSigned
Menzies Campbell17/06/1996Fife North EastSigned
Harry Cohen17/06/1996LeytonSigned
Peter Hain17/06/1996NeathSigned
Bill Etherington18/06/1996Sunderland NorthSigned
Jim Wallace18/06/1996Orkney & ShetlandSigned
Mildred Gordon18/06/1996Bow and PoplarSigned
George Foulkes18/06/1996Carrick, Cumnock and Doon ValleySigned
Gerald Kaufman18/06/1996Manchester, GortonSigned
Alan Simpson18/06/1996Nottingham SouthSigned
Robert Maclennan19/06/1996Caithness and SutherlandSigned
Tony Worthington19/06/1996Clydebank & MilngavieSigned
Mike Watson19/06/1996Glasgow CentralSigned
Tony Benn19/06/1996ChesterfieldSigned
Roger Godsiff19/06/1996Birmingham Small HeathSigned
Judith Church19/06/1996DagenhamSigned
Russell Johnston19/06/1996Inverness, Nairn and LochaberSigned
Rachel Squire19/06/1996Dunfermline WestSigned
Joan Ruddock19/06/1996Lewisham, DeptfordSigned
John Fraser19/06/1996NorwoodSigned
Robert Parry20/06/1996Liverpool, RiversideSigned
Denis MacShane20/06/1996RotherhamSigned
Don Foster20/06/1996BathSigned
Mike Gapes20/06/1996Ilford SouthSigned
Chris Mullin24/06/1996Sunderland SouthSigned
Gerry Sutcliffe24/06/1996Bradford SouthSigned
Roger Berry25/06/1996KingswoodSigned
Clive Betts25/06/1996Sheffield, AttercliffeSigned
Frank Field27/06/1996BirkenheadSigned
Hugh Bayley01/07/1996York, City ofSigned
Janet Anderson02/07/1996Rossendale & DarwenSigned
Brian Sedgemore04/07/1996Hackney South & ShoreditchSigned
Anne Campbell08/07/1996CambridgeSigned
Don Touhig08/07/1996IslwynSigned
Nigel Jones09/07/1996CheltenhamSigned
John Cummings09/07/1996EasingtonSigned
David Knox11/07/1996Staffordshire MoorlandsSigned
Audrey Wise11/07/1996PrestonSigned
John Gunnell15/07/1996Leeds South and MorleySigned
Barbara Roche18/07/1996Hornsey & Wood GreenSigned
Martyn Jones18/07/1996Clwyd South WestSigned
Tommy Graham18/07/1996Renfrew West and InverclydeSigned
Tom Cox19/07/1996TootingSigned
Richard Caborn24/07/1996Sheffield CentralSigned

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