Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor John Leech (Liberal Democrat), on Tuesday, 19 June 2012, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 37 members in total.

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ALAN TURING

That this House commemorates Alan Turing on his birthday, 23 June, for his many mathematical and scientific breakthroughs including the vital contribution he made to Britain's war effort by inventing the machine that broke the Enigma code; regrets that following his years of national service, he received a criminal conviction for having a sexual relationship with another man; deplores the fact that he was forced to take oestrogen therapy or be sent to prison if he did not comply; expresses profound sorrow that he went on to take his own life on 8 June 1954 at the age of just 41 years; recognises that so far over 34,000 people have signed the e-petition on the 10 Downing Street website calling for Alan Turing to be pardoned; calls therefore for a posthumous or disregarded conviction to be granted; and acknowledges the huge and unnecessary suffering that he and so many other gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people have had to endure.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

225 

Session

2012-13

Other sponsors

Tom Brake

Peter Bottomley

Graham Stringer

Stephen Gilbert

David Simpson

Subjects

Equality Science

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk