Submitted by:
Jim Wallace,
Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats.
Date lodged:
Monday, 17 January 2000
Motion reference: S1M-00430
Current status:Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, 19 January 2000
That the Parliament endorses the principles of equalising the age of consent for homosexual and heterosexual activity and creating a new criminal offence of breach of trust as set out in the Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill considered by the UK Parliament in the 1998-99 parliamentary session and agrees that the UK Parliament should consider any Bill introduced in the same terms in the current session.