"The simple point is that if Clause 191 is incorporated into the Bill, we will have a situation where many more women are under threat of coercion and many more women will face complications. Even the incomplete and substandard figures produced by the Department of Health on abortion in 2023 …..." Lord Jackson of Peterborough - View Speech
"My Lords, I know the hour is late, and it might be as well to record for posterity that a number of us were prevailed upon to regroup our degrouped amendments to keep the number of groups at three instead of four. The quid pro quo, as far as I …..." Lord Jackson of Peterborough - View Speech
"My Lords, I beg the indulgence of the Committee to raise what I think is an important point; I hope the Committee does not think it pedantic. I had not intended to speak but was prompted to by the excellent speech of the noble Baroness, Lady Falkner, and by my …..." Lord Jackson of Peterborough - View Speech
"My Lords, Brexit was a traumatic episode for our Liberal Democrat friends, but it happened in 2016. British people voted to take back control of our economy, our laws and our borders. A way forward was defined by British sovereignty and British interests: a belief in British exceptionalism, and not …..." Lord Jackson of Peterborough - View Speech
"My Lords, I shall speak to my Amendments 223 to 226, and your Lordships’ House will remember that we debated the issue in these amendments in June of last year. The amendments have two aims: to provide parents with an effective means of escalating a formal complaint about a school …..." Lord Jackson of Peterborough - View Speech