"My Lords, I support this amendment, and very much hope that the Government will either accept it or explain what they are doing in response to the report of the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman on the case of Miss A and her baby. The noble Baroness, Lady Burt, has explained …..." Lord Falconer of Thoroton - View Speech
"The amendment would not be duplicating anything because it contains specific provisions that are not referred to in the other statutory obligation, so it would be clear what was required...." Lord Falconer of Thoroton - View Speech
"An incredibly powerful case has been made. We support it and I am grateful to the noble Earl, Lord Attlee, the noble Lord, Lord Hodgson, my noble friend Lady Lister and, in her absence, the noble Baroness, Lady Bakewell, for tabling these amendments. I completely adopt what my noble friend …..." Lord Falconer of Thoroton - View Speech
"The Minister said that he was dealing with the amendments logically. He dealt with only Amendment 210 and did not deal with Amendment 211...." Lord Falconer of Thoroton - View Speech
"We, too, oppose the amendment. I think we all accept that transgender women are entitled to live in their chosen gender. The law protects transgender women and transgender men from discrimination because they are transgender men or transgender women. The position that is outlined in this amendment leads all transgender …..." Lord Falconer of Thoroton - View Speech
"The following characteristics are protected under the Equality Act: age—something else that we do not need to worry about; gender reassignment; and sex. There are others, but those are the three. Sex being a protected characteristic means that you are entitled not to be discriminated against on the ground of …..." Lord Falconer of Thoroton - View Speech
"Does the noble Baroness know when the Law Commission might produce its final report and what the timetable thereafter would be—for example, how long there would then be before the Minister has to respond and how long thereafter before there would be some provision in relation to it?..." Lord Falconer of Thoroton - View Speech
"It is not a trick question; I would have thought that that piece of information might be quite important to evaluating her amendment...." Lord Falconer of Thoroton - View Speech
"My Lords, this group contains three amendments in my name, and a Clause 103 stand part debate in the names of my noble friend Lady Massey and the noble and right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Derby, neither of whom appears to be here at the moment. The amendments fall …..." Lord Falconer of Thoroton - View Speech