Brexit: Employment Protection for Women Debate

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Lord Foulkes of Cumnock

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Thursday 8th March 2018

(6 years, 2 months ago)

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Lord Henley Portrait Lord Henley
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My noble friend makes a very good point about women’s rights: two of his wives lost their heads. I will think about that.

Lord Foulkes of Cumnock Portrait Lord Foulkes of Cumnock (Lab)
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Will the Minister tell the noble Lord, Lord Forsyth, that we can go beyond EU standards now as far as women’s rights are concerned, while we are still a member of the European Union. This Parliament remains sovereign, which is why we are not instructed by an advisory referendum.

Lord Henley Portrait Lord Henley
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I do not think that the noble Lord listened to my noble friend Lord Forsyth as he should have done. My noble friend Lord Forsyth made exactly that point. This Parliament is sovereign, and we are ahead of what happens in Europe on many things. Can the noble Lord look very carefully at what my noble friend said?

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