Eviction Of Gay Partners

EDM number 301 in 1997-98, proposed by Iain Coleman on 24/07/1997.

That this House notes with concern the recent decision of the Court of Appeal that a gay man who lived with his partner for 20 years and was his full-time carer for 10 years had no protection from eviction when his partner died, because the law affords such protection only to heterosexual couples; notes that the man now faces imminent eviction; further notes the Court of Appeal's unanimous call on Parliament to change the law to end this discrimination; and calls on the Secretary of State to bring legislation before this House to enable it to redress this injustice at an early opportunity.

This motion has been signed by a total of 163 MPs, 3 of these signatures have been withdrawn.