New clause 10 says that the Government should implement the full CEDAW recommendations. The first recommendation in the CEDAW report is to repeal sections 58 and 59 of the Offences Against the Person Act. Does he agree that repeal would affect all of the UK, including England as well as Northern Ireland?
Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Vicky Ford
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 9 July 2019.
It occurred during Debate on bills
and
Committee of the Whole House (HC) on Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill.
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Session
2017-19
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