Draft Sexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 2008. Lords debate on a motion to approve. Amendment negatived on division (146 votes to 66). Main question agreed to on question. Debated with draft Sexual Offences (Northern Ireland Consequential Amendments) Order 2008.
Sexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 2008
Debates on delegated legislation on Monday, 30 June 2008,
in the House of Lords,
led by Lord Rooker.
The answering
member was Lord Glentoran.
Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
703 c84-108
Session
2007-08
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Sexual Offences (Northern Ireland Consequential Amendments) Order 2008
Monday, 30 June 2008
Parliamentary proceedings
House of Lords
Monday, 30 June 2008
Parliamentary proceedings
House of Lords
Sexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 2008
Wednesday, 30 April 2008
Statutory instruments
House of Lords
House of Commons
Wednesday, 30 April 2008
Statutory instruments
House of Lords
House of Commons
Statutory Instruments Joint Select Committee. Nineteenth report, with no instruments reported for special attention.
Wednesday, 14 May 2008
Parliamentary committees
House of Lords
House of Commons
Wednesday, 14 May 2008
Parliamentary committees
House of Lords
House of Commons
Merits of Statutory Instruments Committee. 19th report, drawing special attention to draft Sexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 2008; draft Sexual Offences (Northern Ireland Consequential Amendments) Order 2008; and Bathing Water Regulations 2008 (SI 2008/1097). Together with correspondence on draft Gambling (Geographical Distribution of Large and Small Casino Premises Licences) Order 2008.
Tuesday, 13 May 2008
Parliamentary committees
House of Lords
Tuesday, 13 May 2008
Parliamentary committees
House of Lords
Proceeding contributions
Earl Ferrers | 703 c106 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, the noble Lord said that we are dealing with the criminal law, and that is that. With resp...
Lord Rooker | 703 c106 (Link to this contribution)
With respect, my Lords, we are talking about the criminal law, not the issue of morals. The order is...
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Lord Maginnis of Drumglass | 703 c106 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, will the noble Lord clarify what appears to some of us to be the rather strange statement ...
Lord Rooker | 703 c106 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, it is, in this respect. We are dealing today with non-consensual sexual activity, a crimin...
Lord Morrow | 703 c107 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I thank everyone who has contributed to the debate. It is not my intention to respond to e...
Baroness Blood | 703 c94-6 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for the opportunity to speak during this important debate on...
Lord Lloyd of Berwick | 703 c94 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, the Minister made a great deal of the need for uniformity across the various parts of the ...
Lord Maginnis of Drumglass | 703 c96-7 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I would have been keen to welcome the order, but the variation in the age of consent preve...
Lord Tebbit | 703 c96 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I waded through the order and the explanatory memorandum and found it at times a slightly ...
Lord Smith of Clifton | 703 c93-4 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I understand what the noble Lord, Lord Glentoran, is saying, although I cannot quite follo...
Viscount Eccles | 703 c100 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I shall briefly make a wider point. Every time that Parliament confers a right, that right...
Baroness O'Cathain | 703 c98 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, perhaps I may intervene for literally one minute or less. Twice this evening in this debat...
Lord Clarke of Hampstead | 703 c97-8 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, like many other Members of the House, I have received a considerable amount of corresponde...
Lord Browne of Belmont | 703 c98-9 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I welcome the amendment tabled by my noble friend Lord Morrow, and I am thankful for the o...
Lord Rooker | 703 c101-2 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I do not know whether it is going to be in due course. There is no time set for devolution...
Lord Rooker | 703 c101 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I begin by thanking those who participated in the debate. I have not counted but there wer...
Lord Davies of Coity | 703 c101 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, the Leader of the Opposition made a very good case for ensuring that the constitution of N...
Earl Ferrers | 703 c100-1 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Rooker, in his opening speech made a good exposition of the order, an...
Lord Rooker | 703 c104-6 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I can separate the figures out. The figures I gave for Northern Ireland of 222 and 142 wer...
Lord Rooker | 703 c102-4 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, first, that is up to the Assembly. Secondly, as far as I am concerned, there is no justifi...
Lord Trimble | 703 c102 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, the Minister said that no time had been set for devolution, but he will know that there wa...
Lord Morrow | 703 c89-92 (Link to this contribution)
rose to move, as an amendment to the Motion, to leave out from ““that”” to the end and insert ““this...
Lord Rooker | 703 c87-9 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, that is a very fair question because, obviously, it can be the other way round. I will get...
Lord Tebbit | 703 c87 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I wonder whether the Minister can help me. As I read it, Part 5, like the rest of the orde...
Lord Rooker | 703 c84-7 (Link to this contribution)
rose to move, That the draft order laid before the House on 30 April be approved.
The noble Lord sa...
Lord Glentoran | 703 c92-3 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I thank the Minister for bringing forward the statutory instrument tonight and I note the ...
Lord Waddington | 703 c92 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, if indeed it be the case that the people of Northern Ireland do not wish the age of consen...
Lord Monson | 703 c99-100 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, the Government’s decision to press ahead with lowering the age of consent in Northern Irel...
Lord Tebbit | 703 c104 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, although I do not think it is particularly germane to the argument, when the noble Lord is...
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