Written Question
Tuesday 1st December 2020
Asked by:
Rupa Huq (Labour - Ealing Central and Acton)
Question
to the Northern Ireland Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent assessment he has made of the risk of (a) stress and (b) psychological trauma to pregnant women who have to travel from Northern Ireland to Great Britain to access abortion care.
Answered by Robin Walker
The Abortion (Northern Ireland) (No. 2) Regulations provide the new framework for safe and lawful access to abortion services in Northern Ireland.
I am pleased interim services commenced in Northern Ireland from early April 2020, and that, according to figures released by the Department of Health in October, over 719 abortions have been provided to women and girls without their having to travel to England.
The Government recognises the health impacts, and stress, that can arise if women and girls choose, or have, to travel from Northern Ireland to Great Britain to access abortion care. That is why it is vital that women and girls are able to consult with experts and access counselling and support services to receive the appropriate care and support they need in accessing abortion services.
The Government’s Central Booking Service in England can continue to be contacted for support and advice on options available to access abortion services, and Informing Choices Northern Ireland has been acting as the Central Access Point in order to provide a local pathway to abortion care in Northern Ireland.
The health and safety of women and girls remains paramount in accessing abortion services right across the UK. My department and I are continuing to engage with the Northern Ireland Minister of Health and his department on progressing with the full commissioning of services for access to safe and lawful abortion care for women and girls in Northern Ireland.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 18 Mar 2020
Oral Answers to Questions
"The Prime Minister talked about supporting families. Will he show his solidarity for households headed up by a single breadwinner with dependent children? Saturday is National Single Parent Day, which was initiated by Ronald Reagan in 1984. Will he join the right hon. Member for Romsey and Southampton North (Caroline …..."Rupa Huq - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 30 Sep 2019
Wrightbus (Ballymena)
"It might be mismanagement or coincidence, but it looks like the collapse of the PM’s favourite bus builder—apart from himself, with the wine crates—is part of the pattern of his reverse Midas touch in London, with the ticket offices, the water cannon, the tube and the garden bridge. Will the …..."Rupa Huq - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 10 Apr 2019
Oral Answers to Questions
"4. What discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on the effect of the two-child limit in universal credit on families in Northern Ireland. ..."Rupa Huq - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 10 Apr 2019
Oral Answers to Questions
"The cruelty of this policy, as was confirmed by the UN rapporteur, is most acute in Northern Ireland, where families are bigger and abortion is illegal, which has been condemned by the Supreme Court. Surely in the case of non-consensual conception, women who seek to exercise the already humiliating rape …..."Rupa Huq - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 07 Jun 2018
Supreme Court Ruling: Abortion in Northern Ireland
"Earlier this year, my hon. Friend the Member for Pontypridd (Owen Smith) and I were part of a delegation to Belfast. We heard evidence on a long and harrowing day from many parties, including Sarah Ewart, whose name has been mentioned in the Chamber previously, on the difficulties for not …..."Rupa Huq - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 28 Jun 2017
Oral Answers to Questions
"Q11. I must thank the Prime Minister and most of the Cabinet for visiting Ealing during the election, because my majority went up by 50 times. Some 53,000 EU nationals reside in the London borough of Ealing, and they would now like some clarity on this “fair and generous” offer, …..."Rupa Huq - View Speech
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Written Question
Tuesday 18th October 2016
Asked by:
Rupa Huq (Labour - Ealing Central and Acton)
Question
to the Northern Ireland Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the Government's policy is on the nature of the border controls between the UK and the Republic of Ireland after the UK leaves the EU.
Answered by James Brokenshire
The open border between the UK and the Republic of Ireland existed for many years before either country was a member of the European Union and it has served both countries well. There is a strong will – within this Government, among the Northern Ireland parties and in the Irish Government – to preserve the open border. We must now work closely together to ensure that as the UK leaves the EU we find shared solutions to the challenges and maximise the opportunities.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 08 Jun 2016
Oral Answers to Questions
"Q9. Will we have a decision on the Davies report on airport expansion by the time the House rises this summer, and does the Prime Minister stand by his words: “No ifs, no buts, no third runway at Heathrow”?..."Rupa Huq - View Speech
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