"My Lords, the noble Lord rightly emphasises that choice is an essential element of this. But in so emphasising, he appears to cast “choice” in a very black and white manner as if it can suggest, not perhaps 100%, but 99% certainty, one way or another. I am sure the …..." Baroness Falkner of Margravine - View Speech
"My Lords, I want to pick up on two points made in this debate. First, if I heard the noble Baroness, Lady Gerada, correctly, when she advocated online meetings, she said that there is no distinction between whether the person requesting permission is in Torbay or Tenerife. That is a …..." Baroness Falkner of Margravine - View Speech
"My Lords, I have a point related to the point made by the noble Lord, Lord Harper, about impact assessments. Noble Lords will be aware that I am a former chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission. I gave evidence on this Bill when it was being examined in …..." Baroness Falkner of Margravine - View Speech
"My Lords, I have listened to the noble and learned Baroness’s very fair presentation of the two sides of that argument. However, we cannot know, because we have no evidence, what the deeper, inner views may be of those people she referred to, who are leaving an event or a …..." Baroness Falkner of Margravine - View Speech
"My Lords, I want to come in on the remarks of the noble and right reverend Lord, Lord Harries of Pentregarth, and his support of Amendment 445. I have a great deal of sympathy, and I have spoken in other debates that he has had about these matters in the …..." Baroness Falkner of Margravine - View Speech
"The noble Lord has repeated on several occasions the fact of overwhelming public support for this. Does he agree that there are a lot of other areas in which opinion polling may show public support, but the job of this House is to ensure that the support is buttressed by …..." Baroness Falkner of Margravine - View Speech
"My Lords, I would like a point of clarification from the noble Lord. Before I express that, I think I speak for the whole House when I say that we understand what a difficult position the noble Lord finds himself in, and how fair he is trying to be to …..." Baroness Falkner of Margravine - View Speech
"My Lords, it took me a few seconds to react to and think about what the Minister said. For the information of the House, I think it would be fair to recognise that several of the nine protected characteristics are not immutable and are capable of change. Gender identity is …..." Baroness Falkner of Margravine - View Speech