That this House notes that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered (LGBT) people around the world suffer harassment, discrimination, persecution, torture and execution, purely on the grounds of their LGBT status; further notes that this abuse is supported by the domestic law of many states; welcomes the petition to the United Nations backed by the International Committee for the International Day Against Homophobia calling for the universal abolition of so-called crimes of homosexuality, sodomy laws and laws against unnatural acts of homosexuality; and calls on the Government to support moves for a universal decriminalisation of homosexuality and actively to encourage equality for LGBT people around the world through international institutions and through its bilateral dealings with other states.

That this House notes that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered (LGBT) people around the world suffer harassment, discrimination, persecution, torture and execution, purely on the grounds of their LGBT status; further notes that this abuse is supported by the domestic law of many states; welcomes the petition to the United...

That this House welcomes the more efficient deployment of police time and resources that will result from the 'de facto' decriminalisation of cannabis possession in parts of London; believes that the police are doing the job that successive governments have dodged, but believes the 'decriminalisation' by postcode will create new injustices; and calls on the Government for a full review of drugs laws that have perversely made the UK the drug sink of Europe.

That this House welcomes the more efficient deployment of police time and resources that will result from the 'de facto' decriminalisation of cannabis possession in parts of London; believes that the police are doing the job that successive governments have dodged, but believes the 'decriminalisation' by postcode will create new...

That this House, recognising that decriminalising marijuana possession is on the agenda and likely to become, with the Police Foundation report, an issue which will precipitate emotive public debate urges Her Majesty's Government to take the question of the therapeutic use of marijuana for the treatment of medical conditions such as multiple sclerosis, Aids, arthritis and the relief of severe pain, out of this debate entirely so as to ensure that sufferers are not forced onto the streets to purchase illegal drugs or face an omnipresent threat of prosecution which puts the sick and dying on the frontline of the war against drugs, but that instead, recognising the opinion of the House of Lords Select Committee on Science and Technology that marijuana has therapeutic value as well as the overwhelming volume of evidence about its benefits which is now emerging, should follow the suggestions of the Lords' Select Committee, accelerate the research which will legitimise prescription of marijuana for treatment on a named patient basis, but in the meantime, to prevent the law being brought into disrepute and juries being faced with agonising choices about jailing MS victims suggests that the police be instructed not to prosecute victims of these diseases and conditions who grow or purchase marijuana for their own exclusive use with the written support of their doctor, so that with the issue of medical use taken out of the debate, the wider decisions on marijuana can be taken on a rational and considered basis.

That this House, recognising that decriminalising marijuana possession is on the agenda and likely to become, with the Police Foundation report, an issue which will precipitate emotive public debate urges Her Majesty's Government to take the question of the therapeutic use of marijuana for the treatment of medical conditions such...