UGANDAN ANTI-HOMOSEXUALITY BILL

Early day motion 1050, tabled 5 February 2014 by Crispin Blunt (Conservative). Signed by 33 members.

That this House calls on President Yoweri Museveni to return the Ugandan Anti-Homosexuality Bill to parliament with the amendments proposed by Sexual Minorities Uganda's recent report, that is to amend sexual offences laws to make them gender neutral, to ensure a system of mandated reporting of all forms of suspected child abuse should be implemented, to address risk factors associated with all forms of child exploitation and abuse and to prevent discriminatory access to health laws; and further calls on the Government, if the Bill passes unamended, to consider which sanctions would be appropriate to impose on the Ugandan government, including travel bans on the promoters of this legislation and redirecting development assistance from Ugandan government-associated schemes to civil society organisations which support values consistent with the constitution of Uganda, the Commonwealth Charter and the African Charter on Human and People's Rights which enshrines the right to freedom from discrimination.

Signatures by party: Labour 16, Liberal Democrat 7, Conservative 3, Social Democratic and Labour Party 2, Alliance 1, Green 1, Independent 1, Respect 1, Scottish National Party 1.