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"Madam President, as an openly gay person myself, I agree with virtually everything that has been said in this Chamber this afternoon, except probably Mr Posselt’s speech. My concern, however, is that we have heard all these grand words condemning homophobia here, but what about practising what you preach? I have been the victim of two homophobic incidents since I have been a member of this Chamber, and Parliament simply has not bothered to act.
If you are going to tell other countries, especially third countries, what to do, at least first practise what you preach. Fortunately, as Baroness Ludford has said, I live in a country that has been reported to be one of the best places – or the best place – in the world to be gay. I count myself quite fortunate.
Unfortunately, there are many other people in the world who cannot say the same thing. Yet there is a football tournament on our doorstep in Ukraine – which will be held jointly with Poland – and many Members of this House will be travelling to Ukraine as representatives of some organisation or other, or representatives of the European Union, while today, the UK Foreign Office has put a warning out to gay people to be careful travelling to Ukraine.
Why should a single member of this House or the European Union go to Ukraine? Should the European Union as a whole not be boycotting the tournament if that country cannot protect citizens?"@en1
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