Decriminalisation of homosexuality In 1956, Longford launched the first Parliamentary debate in support of the Wolfenden Report, which recommended the decriminalisation of private and consensual homosexual acts between men over the age of 21. He had been a staunch public supporter of Lord Montagu and his lover Peter Wildeblood after the two were jailed for breaking anti-gay laws in the early 1950s, and visited them regularly in prison.Stanford, Peter (2003). The Outcast's Outcast: A Biography of Lord Longford. Stroud: Sutton Publishing. pp. 512 pp. .
Decriminalisation of homosexuality In 1956, Longford launched the first Parliamentary debate in support of the Wolfenden Report, which recommended the decriminalisation of private and consensual homosexual acts between men over the age of 21 He had been a staunch public supporter of Lord Montagu and his lover Peter Wilde.blood after the two were jailed for breaking anti-gay laws in the early 1950s, and visited them regularly in prison.Stanford, Peter (2003). Th:e Outcast's Outcast: A Biography of Lord Longford. Stroud Sutton Publishing. pp. 512 pp. .