Rape in Armed Conflict Debate
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Baroness Garden of Frognal
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Rape in Armed Conflict
Baroness Garden of Frognal Excerpts(11 years, 4 months ago)
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Lord Lester of Herne Hill
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their strategy for ensuring that United Kingdom government-funded medical care for women and girls impregnated by rape in armed conflict is non-discriminatory and includes abortion services where they are medically necessary in compliance with international humanitarian law.
Baroness Garden of Frognal
My Lords, the next debate is timed and the timing is very tight. Would noble Lords who have six minutes to speak make sure that they sit down as the clock hits six—or, preferably, momentarily before—to ensure that the Minister has as much time as possible to reply to the points raised in this important debate?