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

"I thank my hon. Friend for giving way and for securing this very important debate. Does she agree that because abortion has not been decriminalised in Northern Ireland, women are still going for abortions, whether that involves travelling to the UK at great expense or, in the worst-case scenario, getting …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 05 Jun 2018
Offences Against the Person Act 1861

"I think my hon. Friend has ably demonstrated this in her speech, but does she agree that, for the vast majority of women, the decision to have an abortion, at whatever stage, is a heart-rending one and rarely taken without huge consideration?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 28 Jun 2017
Oral Answers to Questions

"Q10. The current Prime Minister recently visited my constituency. Upon being asked about the precarious situation facing both Dewsbury and District hospital and Huddersfield royal infirmary, she stated that people were “scare-mongering”. Will she therefore use this opportunity today to reassure my constituents that all services will be retained at …..."
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Written Question
Northern Ireland Office: Equality
Monday 9th January 2017

Asked by: Paula Sherriff (Labour - Dewsbury)

Question to the Northern Ireland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, who the diversity champion is on his departmental board.

Answered by Kris Hopkins

The Northern Ireland Office recognises the importance of embedding diversity in everything it does. The Permanent Secretary of the NIO, Sir Jonathan Stephens KCB is the overall Diversity Champion at board level.

The PUS is supported in his role as NIO Diversity Champion by the Department’s two directors who champion a number of specific diversity categories. Further details are provided below:

NIO Director

Diversity Category Championed

Colin Perry

  • Black and Minority Ethnic
  • Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual and Transgender

Mark Larmour

  • Disability
  • Other protected characteristics

Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 02 Mar 2016
Oral Answers to Questions

"8. What steps the Government are taking to strengthen the Northern Ireland economy...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 02 Mar 2016
Oral Answers to Questions

"The Government recently set up an independent National Infrastructure Commission to ensure a long-term view on key infrastructure projects. What work is the Minister doing to ensure that the infrastructure commission is of benefit to the Northern Ireland economy, and can he name some specific infrastructure projects that it will …..."
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