Telegraph: Britain's gay sex laws are declared unlawful
- Sandra Laville. British laws on homosexual sex were ruled unlawful by the European Court of Human Rights yesterday. The judgement strikes at the heart of legislation regulating sex between homosexuals and obliges the Government to liberalise the gross ind
- http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2000/08/01/ngay01.xml

Telegraph: Antiquated sex crime laws to be overhauled
- Philip Johnston, home affairs editor. David Blunkett, the Home Secretary, yesterday promised legislation, possibly in the next parliamentary session beginning this autumn, to modernise offences that in some cases date back to the 19th century.
- http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/06/20/ndisc20.xml

Guardian Society: New rape laws must protect all
- Leader. Government plans to reform the rape laws will require a cultural shift in the popular perception of 'date rape' as somehow not a real crime.
- http://society.guardian.co.uk/crimeandpunishment/comment/0,8146,820686,00.html

Telegraph: Blunkett introduces new laws to prevent luring of children
- Colin Brown, political editor. The definition of paedophile behaviour is to be radically extended this week in a bid by ministers to try to prevent the "grooming" of children for sexual abuse. Measures to be unveiled by David Blunkett, the Home
- http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/11/17/npaed17.xml

Guardian Politics: Blunkett announces new sex laws
- The home secretary, David Blunkett, today announced the most radical overhaul of sex crime legislation for more than 100 years, aimed at sweeping away the "archaic" laws governing homosexuality, while tightening protections against rapists, paed
- http://politics.guardian.co.uk/homeaffairs/story/0,11026,843355,00.html

Telegraph: Yesterday in Parliament: MPs support changes to 'archaic' sex laws
- Reactions from Labour, Conservative and Lib-Dem MPs.
- http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/11/20/npar20.xml#1

Telegraph: Laws 'must not dictate to people how to live their lives'
- Philip Johnston. Explanation of the White Paper.
- http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/11/20/ndate120.xml

Telegraph: How the legal framework still works against homosexuals
- Philip Johnston. A review of the laws that the Government's new White Paper proposes to repeal.
- http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/11/20/ndate220.xml

Guardian Society: The main points
- Summary of each of the main points of the new Bill.
- http://society.guardian.co.uk/crimeandpunishment/story/0,8150,843626,00.html

Guardian Society: Reaction to the sex offences white paper
- Child protection agencies and sex crime experts give their responses to the David Blunkett's proposals
- http://society.guardian.co.uk/crimeandpunishment/story/0,8150,843999,00.html

Guardian: Repercussions of scandals still linger
- Alan Travis, home affairs editor. The history of Britain's sex laws including previous attempts to overhaul them.
- http://www.guardian.co.uk/guardianpolitics/story/0,3605,843493,00.html

Spiked: Blunkett under the blanket
- Josie Appleton. The White Paper replaces out-of-date laws with a bureaucracy of new sexual offences, indicating that New Labour has an obsession with sexual behaviour that more than rivals that of its Victorian forbears.
- http://www.spiked-online.com/Articles/00000006DB3F.htm