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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 29 Nov 2022
Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Bill

"My right hon. Friend talked about the importance of public services; many of us in this House have been talking in particular about the provision of abortion services in Northern Ireland, which the Government made a very helpful statement on last month. Can he update the House on how those …..."
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Speech in General Committees - Mon 26 Apr 2021
Abortion (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2021

"I support the delegated legislation before us today, and I want to question the Government on the extent of the direction that they seek to give the Northern Ireland Executive to ensure that the law on abortion in Northern Ireland is implemented in full and in the best interests of …..."
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Speech in General Committees - Mon 26 Apr 2021
Abortion (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2021

"My hon. Friend is making a powerful speech, but surely this debate is about the rule of law. As parliamentarians, we either uphold the rule of law or we do not. A law has been passed, but it has not been adhered to. Surely she agrees with the rule of …..."
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Speech in General Committees - Mon 26 Apr 2021
Abortion (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2021

"The hon. Lady is doing a very good job putting her case, but I note that she does not refer to the majority view of the UK Supreme Court, which found that it was entirely likely that the position in Northern Ireland would be out of kilter with human rights …..."
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Speech in General Committees - Mon 26 Apr 2021
Abortion (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2021

"Surely my right hon. Friend is arguing against himself. If the Committee decides not to act today in introducing laws that improve the situation in Northern Ireland the Supreme Court will have no better action to take than effectively to put law in place of a vacuum. The current situation …..."
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Written Question
Abortion: Northern Ireland
Wednesday 21st April 2021

Asked by: Maria Miller (Conservative - Basingstoke)

Question to the Northern Ireland Office:

What assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the implementation of the Abortion (Northern Ireland) (No. 2) Regulations 2020.

Answered by Robin Walker

I recognise the Rt Hon Lady’s work on this important issue to date. We have worked hard for a year now to encourage progress from the Department of Health on proper commissioning of the services set out in the regulations a year ago but without success.

While over 1,100 abortions had been provided locally in Northern Ireland since April 2020, services have not been formally commissioned by the Department of Health.

That is why we recently laid further Regulations which provide the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland with a power to direct the Department of Health and others to take the action necessary to implement the recommendations in paragraphs 85 and 86 of the CEDAW Report. Women and girls in Northern Ireland should have the same rights in this space as those across the rest of the UK.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 13 Apr 2021
Northern Ireland

"May I add my condolences to those expressed earlier and send them to Cheryl Gillan’s family, following her sad death last week? She was seen on our Benches as the mother of our side of the Chamber. She was a generous lady. She was kind, and we will really miss …..."
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Speech in General Committees - Mon 08 Jun 2020
Abortion (Northern Ireland) (No. 2) Regulations 2020

"Thank you, Sir David; It is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship. I was reminded that it was just over a year ago that the Women and Equalities Committee published its report on abortion in Northern Ireland after colleagues and I spent an extensive period looking at the …..."
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Speech in General Committees - Mon 08 Jun 2020
Abortion (Northern Ireland) (No. 2) Regulations 2020

"And the hon. Gentleman will know that some of the problems in that case related to the standing of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission, which I will come on to later, if I may. I hope that in raising that point, he was not seeking to try to mislead …..."
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Speech in General Committees - Mon 08 Jun 2020
Abortion (Northern Ireland) (No. 2) Regulations 2020

"Again, I thank the hon. Gentleman, and we will not fall out over this, but I will gently remind him that it has been widely accepted that the reason the case was not accepted either in Northern Ireland or in the Supreme Court just over the road was because of …..."
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