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Leo Abse dies aged 91

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William Crawley | 22:56 UK time, Wednesday, 20 August 2008

78975426.0tDdgA1O.DSC_7991.JPGFew backbench MPs can claim to have influenced the character of modern British society as much as . By sponsoring private member's bills in the 1960s, Abse's efforts (along with others) led to the decriminalisation of homosexuality in England and Wales and the liberalisation of the UK's divorce laws. Abse has described some of his parliamentary work on his .

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