Manchester Withington Lib Dem MP John Leech has written to the Prime Minister and urged him to take a more pro-active role in tackling AIDS/HIV as part of his responsibilities whilst chairing the G8 group of leading nations.
The National Blood Service is suffering a continuous shortage in blood; this is despite a multi-million pound advertising campaign to encourage people of all ages, genders and ethnicities to give blood - what you may not be aware of however is the policy of the National Blood Service to deny donations from:
The Rt Hon Charles Kennedy MP last night launched the Liberal Democrat mini-manifesto for the LGBT community, at the Proud Art Gallery in Central London.
As part of the Liberal Democrat campaign against homophobic bullying, an online petition has been launched today on the party's main website. Liberal Democrat Shadow Education Secretary, Sarah Teather MP said, "Our petition is calling for all schools to develop measures to tackle homophobic bullying. Taunts and name calling should be challenged immediately so that it's clear such behaviour won't be tolerated.
Liberal Democrat Higher and Further Education Spokesperson, Stephen Williams MP, has written to BBC Chairman Michael Grade following a ruling from the BBC Governors Complaints Committee that Radio1 DJ Chris Moyles could use the term 'gay' to mean 'rubbish' or 'lame' because it is commonplace amongst young people.
Sarah Teather MP has emailed thousands of Lib Dem party members across the UK to ask them to give their support to the Liberal Democrats' campaign to stamp out homophobia in schools.