"I wholeheartedly believe that same-sex couples have as valid a relationship with their partner as do heterosexuals. I also believe that in the eyes of the state we all deserve to be treated equally"
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Written on her blog on 6 February 2013. Quoted by Buzzfeed News. 31 Things We Learned From Reading A Decade's Worth Of Blog Posts By Andrea Leadsom (9 July 2016)
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Andrea Leadsom
Andrea Jacqueline Leadsom (born 13 May 1963) is a British Conservative politician. She was the Secretary of State for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy from July 2019 to February 2020. Previously, Leadsom was the Leader of the House of Commons from 2017 to 2019, the Secretary of State for Environment Food and Rural Affairs from 2016 to 2017 and the Minister of State for Energy from 2015 to 2016. She was MP for South Northamptonshire from the 2010 to 2024 general elections.
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