Lloyd Russell-Moyle made the speech ahead of World Aids Day to help tackle some of the stigma surrounding the disease.
Surrounded by Labour party MPs, the Brighton Kemptown MP became only the second member of parliament to confirm they were HIV-positive.
In a statement before his speech, he confirmed he contracted the disease for more than 10 years.
“Since then I have been on world-class treatment provided by the NHS – so I have not only survived, Ive prospered, and any partner I have is safe and protected.”
HIV POSITIVE: Lloyd Russell-Moyle admitted he has the disease (Pic: AFP)
SUPPORT: Labour MPs rallied around Lloyd Russell-Moore (Pic: AFP)
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn was present when Mr Russell-Moyle made his speech.
"I am an HIV-positive man, but because I've been taking the right medication for several years, I am what the NHS calls HIV-positive 'undetectable'.
"That means not only that you cannot detect HIV in my system, so I don't get sick, it also means I can't transmit HIV to someone else.
"So as the virus lays undetectable and dormant in my body, my medication ensures that the virus doesn't reactivate, doesn't progress and can't be passed on. That's why the NHS says: Undetectable equals untransmittable."
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STIGMA: Mr Russell-Moyle wants to raise awareness of the disease (Pic: GETTY)
Labour MP Emma Dent Coad (Kensington) said Mr Russell-Moyle had had his "Diana moment" in the Commons, in a nod to the late Princess of Wales.
She told MPs: "As a graduate of the 1980s London club scene, I know I had a narrow escape from contracting HIV."
Ms Dent Coad said a few of her friends became ill and there were "many funerals" in the mid-80s. She recalled Diana opening the Lighthouse project in London.
She added she had an "agonising" two-week wait for her results after having a HIV test, noting she was fine and the test now takes two minutes – something she experienced a fortnight ago.
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Ms Dent Coad went on: "As regards ending stigma, (Mr Russell-Moyle) has made a very powerful statement – this is your Diana moment."
Labour MP Emma Dent Coad praised Mr Russell-Moyle as having his "Diana moment" in the Commons, in a nod to the late Princess of Wales.
She told MPs: "As a graduate of the 1980s London club scene, I know I had a narrow escape from contracting HIV."
Ms Dent Coad there were "many funerals" in the mid-80s, as a result of HIV. She recalled Diana opening the Lighthouse project in London.
STANDING OVATION: MPs broke Commons rules to give Russell-Moyle a standing ovation (Pic: PA)
She added she had an "agonising" two-week wait for her results after having a HIV test, noting she was fine and the test now takes two minutes – something she experienced a fortnight ago.
Ms Dent Coad went on: "As regards ending stigma, (Mr Russell-Moyle) has made a very powerful statement – this is your Diana moment."
At the end of the debate Labour MPs, breaking with House of Commons convention, stood to give Mr Russell-Moyle a standing ovation.
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