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Sandra Laville. British laws on homosexual sex were ruled unlawful by the European Court of Human
Rights yesterday. The judgment strikes at the heart of legislation regulating sex between
homosexuals and obliges the Government to liberalise the gross indecency laws that date back to the
1800s.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2000/08/01/ngay01.xml
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Telegraph: Antiquated sex crime laws to be overhauled
Philip Johnston, home affairs editor. David Blunkett, the Home Secretary, yesterday promised
legislation, possibly in the next parliamentary session beginning this autumn, to modernise
offences that in some cases date back to the 19th century.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/06/20/ndisc20.xml
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Guardian Society: New rape laws must protect all
Leader. Government plans to reform the rape laws will require a cultural shift in the popular
perception of 'date rape' as somehow not a real crime.
http://society.guardian.co.uk/crimeandpunishment/comment/0,8146,820686,00.html
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Telegraph: Blunkett introduces new laws to prevent luring of children
Colin Brown, political editor. The definition of paedophile behaviour is to be radically extended
this week in a bid by ministers to try to prevent the "grooming" of children for sexual
abuse. Measures to be unveiled by David Blunkett, the Home Secretary, go far beyond the expected
Government response to growing public concern about paedophilia.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/11/17/npaed17.xml
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Guardian Politics: Blunkett announces new sex laws
The home secretary, David Blunkett, today announced the most radical overhaul of sex crime
legislation for more than 100 years, aimed at sweeping away the "archaic" laws governing
homosexuality, while tightening protections against rapists, paedophiles and other sex offenders.
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/homeaffairs/story/0,11026,843355,00.html
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Telegraph: Yesterday in Parliament: MPs support changes to 'archaic' sex laws
Reactions from Labour, Conservative and Lib-Dem MPs.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/11/20/npar20.xml#1
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Telegraph: Laws 'must not dictate to people how to live their lives'
Philip Johnston. Explanation of the White Paper.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/11/20/ndate120.xml
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Telegraph: How the legal framework still works against homosexuals
Philip Johnston. A review of the laws that the Government's new White Paper proposes to repeal.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/11/20/ndate220.xml
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Guardian Society: The main points
Summary of each of the main points of the new Bill.
http://society.guardian.co.uk/crimeandpunishment/story/0,8150,843626,00.html
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Guardian Society: Reaction to the sex offences white paper
Child protection agencies and sex crime experts give their responses to the David Blunkett's
proposals
http://society.guardian.co.uk/crimeandpunishment/story/0,8150,843999,00.html
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Guardian Society: Q&A: sex offences bill
David Batty. Expectations of what will be included now that the government has proposed a major
overhaul of Britain's outdated sex laws.
http://society.guardian.co.uk/queensspeech/story/0,7991,839183,00.html
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Guardian: Repercussions of scandals still linger
Alan Travis, home affairs editor. The history of Britain's sex laws including previous attempts to
overhaul them.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/guardianpolitics/story/0,3605,843493,00.html
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Spiked: Blunkett under the blanket
Josie Appleton. The White Paper replaces out-of-date laws with a vast bureaucracy of new sexual
offences, indicating that New Labour has an obsession with sexual behaviour that more than rivals
that of its Victorian forbears.
http://www.spiked-online.com/Articles/00000006DB3F.htm
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