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PORTRAYAL OF 'HAYLEY' IN CORONATION STREET

EDM number 1655 in 1997-98, proposed by Lynne Jones on 19/10/1998.

That this House congratulates the scriptwriters, actors and producers of Coronation Street for their sensitive and realistic portrayal of Hayley, a transsexual woman; is particularly pleased that Granada consulted members of groups representing transsexuals about the day to day problems faced by people who are suffering from, or have undergone treatment for, gender dysphoria; notes the surprising, but satisfying, lack of media hysteria about the Hayley character; gives special regard to Julie Hesmondhalgh, the actress playing Hayley, who has made so much effort to find out about what it is to be transsexual; and hopes that the Government will soon see fit to guarantee transsexual people full civil rights, including the right to correct birth certificates and enter into marriage, so that Hayley and Roy will, like any other couple, be entitled to make a state-recognised, lifelong commitment to one another if they so wish.

This motion has been signed by a total of 25 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Lynne Jones19/10/1998Birmingham, Selly OakLabourProposed
John Austin20/10/1998Erith & ThamesmeadLabourSigned
Jackie Ballard20/10/1998TauntonLiberal DemocratSigned
Kerry Pollard21/10/1998St AlbansLabourSigned
Nigel Jones21/10/1998CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Keetch21/10/1998HerefordLiberal DemocratSigned
Oona King21/10/1998Bethnal Green & BowLabourSigned
Ken Livingstone21/10/1998Brent EastLabourSigned
Hilton Dawson21/10/1998Lancaster & WyreLabourSigned
Paul Flynn21/10/1998Newport WestLabourSigned
Harry Barnes21/10/1998North East DerbyshireLabourSigned
Derek Wyatt21/10/1998Sittingbourne & SheppeyLabourSigned
Angela Smith22/10/1998BasildonLabour Co-operativeSigned
Mike Hancock22/10/1998Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Jane Griffiths22/10/1998Reading EastLabourSigned
Evan Harris22/10/1998Oxford West & AbingdonLiberal DemocratSigned
Ann Cryer26/10/1998KeighleyLabourSigned
Neil Gerrard26/10/1998WalthamstowLabourSigned
Alice Mahon27/10/1998HalifaxLabourSigned
Sandra Osborne27/10/1998AyrLabourSigned
Iain Coleman28/10/1998Hammersmith & FulhamLabourSigned
Bob Laxton02/11/1998Derby NorthLabourSigned
Tom Brake02/11/1998Carshalton & WallingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
John McDonnell04/11/1998Hayes & HarlingtonLabourSigned
Jamie Cann04/11/1998IpswichLabourSigned

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