On Saturday I will be marching with Pride at Pride. I will be spending half of the march as Government together with Nick Herbert, the openly gay Conservative Minister for Policing – and half with DELGA the Liberal Democrat’s LGBT group. While I am with them – Nick Herbert will be with the LGBTory group. I am looking forward to it tremendously.

And to herald Pride tomorrow, today I am going to speak at the TUC’s annual lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans conference in London. The TUC has done phenomenal work in changing the landscape for LGB&T people in the workplace and I am really delighted to be able to go there today to say so.