She had strong views about Section 28 - the law that gave local authorities such problems in discussing sexuality. She told the Lords it was originally devised to prevent a very serious wrong, "which was that certain London councils - Tottenham was one, and I think Brent was another - were teaching children that it was better to be homosexual than heterosexual. When parents protested, they were subjected to considerable violence".
Someone who believes council hit squads beat up parents who protested against gay-supremacist teachers is clearly a force to be reckoned with.
Back in 1997, she turned to the drug problems of young people in Scotland.
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