David Norris (Independent)

We should have a debate on that matter.

Yesterday was international AIDS day. We should have a debate on this subject as many young people have lost contact with the disastrous reality of this disease. Without, I hope, being too offensive, I was very sorry to see the Vatican once again put out a statement yesterday to commemorate it in which it undermined the use of condoms. I find that extremely foolish. Perhaps a little hint could be dropped to the Vatican's ambassador, the Papal Nuncio, to have a moratorium on statements on human sexuality for one year. They should give the rest of us a break—