Diana Johnson – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Women and Equalities

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Diana Johnson on 2016-10-19.

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what support the Government plans to provide to Hull for the national LGBT+ Pride festival in 2017; and if she will make a statement.

Caroline Dinenage

The Government is considering different options for celebrating and supporting pride events in 2017 and will provide further details in due course.

At Pride this year, the Government demonstrated its commitment to LGB&T equality in different ways: we flew the rainbow flag on top of the government buildings; the Prime Minister Theresa May issued a statement of solidarity with the LGB&T community ahead of the Brighton Pride, and I released an op-ed ahead of the Portsmouth Pride.

We are looking forward to celebrating the diversity of our communities at Pride next year.