§ Lord Lairdasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they intend to respond to the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission's report on the rights of lesbians, gays and bi-sexual persons published in August without having been approved by the commission. [HL1301]
§ Lord Williams of MostynThe report on the rights of lesbians, gays and bi-sexual persons published by the commission in August was not formally submitted to government and does not therefore require a formal response.
I understand that the report in question was research that was commissioned by the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission. The commission's minutes record that members agreed to publish the report on the understanding that it was a report which was commissioned from others by the commission and did not necessarily reflect the considered view of the commission itself. The foreword to the report indicates that the report was produced by others for the commission.