My Lords, my noble friend will be aware that I and several hundred gay rugby players were partying in gay nightclubs in Florida only last week and the week before. We are therefore very conscious of the events of the last two days. However, it is a hate crime. The target happened on this occasion to be the LGBT community, but it could have been any other community on another occasion. Will the Minister please encourage a British response to this? That means not just saying, “We will ensure that Pride is safe”, but encouraging the nation at large to come out and show its support for Pride events, wherever they may be, because British people are not cowed by such events.
Orlando Terrorist Attack
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Hayward
(Conservative)
in the House of Lords on Monday, 13 June 2016.
It occurred during Ministerial statement on Orlando Terrorist Attack.
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