Thousands of gay men pardoned thanks to Lib Dem 'Turing Law'

Thanks to Liberal Democrat pressure in Parliament, thousands of gay and bisexual men convicted of now abolished sexual offences have today been posthumously pardoned.

Liberal Democrat peer John Sharkey, whose Private Member's Bill was instrumental in securing a pardon for Alan Turing, reached an agreement with the Government in November to grant a posthumous pardon to thousands of gay and bisexual men convicted under long-abolished sexual offence laws.

This has been a long-fought campaign for the Liberal Democrats who first raised the issue in Parliament in the early days of Coalition Government.

Lord Sharkey, the author of the original amendment to the Policing and Crime Bill, commented: "This is a momentous day for thousands of families up and down the UK who have been campaigning on this issue for decades.

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