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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 09 Jul 2019
Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill

"I commend my hon. Friend on her perseverance over all these years of campaigning for this. Hopefully, we will see some change shortly, but it is important to recognise that there have been decades of campaigning by so many strong, brave women and men...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 08 Jul 2019
Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 08 Jul 2019
Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill

"Having sat through the debate, I think it is quite clear that nobody really wants this Bill. It is a contingency Bill. We all hope that the discussions and meetings will bear fruit and that the Assembly and Executive will be up and running. We all want that to happen, …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 21 Mar 2019
Northern Ireland Assembly Election

"With the extension that has been announced, the breach of women’s human rights in Northern Ireland will carry on and not be addressed. How long do women in Northern Ireland have to wait for the Secretary of State to do the right thing by them?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 13 Feb 2019
Northern Ireland: Restoring Devolution

"In the absence of the Assembly, will the Secretary of State set out what progress has been made in dealing with the breach of women’s human rights in Northern Ireland, particularly in relation to the Victorian law that criminalises women seeking reproductive health care?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 24 Oct 2018
Northern Ireland (Executive Formation and Exercise of Functions) Bill

"Will the hon. Lady give way?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 24 Oct 2018
Northern Ireland (Executive Formation and Exercise of Functions) Bill

"I just want to be clear in my mind about what the Secretary of State is saying. I understand she is saying that there will be no change in policy and decisions will be made by civil servants in the Departments without changing policy. What happens when, in the absence …..."
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Written Question
Offences against the Person Act 1861: Northern Ireland
Wednesday 27th June 2018

Asked by: Diana Johnson (Labour - Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham)

Question to the Northern Ireland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether she will exercise her power under section 26(2) of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 to repeal sections 58 and 59 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861 in order to comply with the UK's international obligations under the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.

Answered by Karen Bradley

The Government has no plans to amend the law on abortion in either England and Wales or Northern Ireland.

Abortion has always been a devolved matter in Northern Ireland. The Government's priority is therefore restoring devolved government, so that the people of Northern Ireland, and locally elected representatives, can decide what is right for Northern Ireland.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 05 Jun 2018
Offences Against the Person Act 1861

"I am grateful for the tone that the Secretary of State is adopting.

In the previous Parliament—in March 2017—the repeal of sections 58 and 59 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861 was debated after I brought in a ten-minute rule Bill. There was a vote in this Parliament, …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 05 Jun 2018
Offences Against the Person Act 1861

"Since I have been in Parliament, our debates about this issue have always been about restricting and reducing women’s right to abortion and right to choose. Three things have heartened me in the past 12 months, however. First, in March last year, we had a debate here on a ten-minute …..."
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