Written Question
Monday 12th December 2022
Asked by:
Baroness O'Loan (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question
to the Northern Ireland Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the reply by Lord Caine on 23 November (HL Deb col 1465), whether they will reconsider current proposals for the timing of the committee stage of the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill; and whether they will pause that stage.
Answered by Lord Caine
- Shadow Minister (Northern Ireland)
The Committee Stage for the Northern Ireland (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill is no longer scheduled for 12 and 14 December. It will be rescheduled in due course.
Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 23 Nov 2022
Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill
"My Lords, I acknowledge and applaud the integrity with which the Minister introduced the Bill, and the way he articulated the problems that exist. Given the range of amendments apparently to be introduced by the Government, though, it is difficult to understand why we are actually debating this difficult and …..."Baroness O'Loan - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 23 Nov 2022
Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill
"Does the noble Lord accept that the Times headline writer might not have been quite accurate, and that the judgment in the McQuillan case might have been slightly more complicated than that?..."Baroness O'Loan - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 23 Nov 2022
Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill
"I want to interject the fact that in the 1970s, a process was adopted which prevented prosecutions—there were to be no prosecutions for murder of any military personnel—and there was a process through which the Royal Military Police produced statements which have now been declared to be totally unacceptable, so …..."Baroness O'Loan - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 14 Jul 2022
Northern Ireland: Operation Kenova
"My Lords, I declare an interest as a member of the international steering group for Operation Kenova, on which I have served for six years. Is the Minister aware that Operation Kenova has been investigating some 200 murders over a span of 25 years, including the murders of three police …..."Baroness O'Loan - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 21 Jun 2022
Abortion (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2022
"At end insert “but that this House regrets that the Regulations (1) disregard the statutory role of the Northern Ireland Assembly and ignore the devolution settlement, and (2) make substantial constitutional changes via secondary legislation”...."Baroness O'Loan - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 21 Jun 2022
Abortion (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2022
"My Lords, as the Minister said, there has been and continues to be very significant opposition to the imposition of the extreme abortion regime in Northern Ireland by this Government. It was done in July 2019, in circumstances that beggared belief. It left Northern Ireland with abortion law that goes …..."Baroness O'Loan - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 21 Jun 2022
Abortion (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2022
"My Lords, I thank all those who have spoken in the debate today, particularly those who have spoken with me on my amendment to the Motion. Like the noble Baroness, Lady Barker, I should like to provide a clear exposition of some of the facts raised today. I cannot answer …..."Baroness O'Loan - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 30 Mar 2022
The Future of the Northern Ireland Assembly
"My Lords, is it not the case that abortion was imposed on the people of Northern Ireland by this Parliament in 2019 against their will, and in the event that the power-sharing Executive is not reformed after the election and there is no Assembly, what plans do the Government have …..."Baroness O'Loan - View Speech
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Written Question
Wednesday 11th March 2020
Asked by:
Baroness O'Loan (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question
to the Northern Ireland Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to place a copy in the Library of the House of the report on the consultation on abortion law conducted by the Northern Ireland Office in November and December 2019.
Answered by Viscount Younger of Leckie
- Shadow Minister (Work and Pensions)
I can confirm that the Government will shortly publish its response to the consultation ‘A new legal framework for abortion services in Northern Ireland: Implementation of the legal duty under section 9 of the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc.) Act 2019’.
The Government will also shortly lay before Parliament regulations providing for lawful access to abortion services in Northern Ireland, consistent with what is required under section 9 of the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc.) Act 2019.