Ministerial and other Maternity Allowances Bill

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If I may, I will make a little progress.

I particularly thank the hon. Member for Leeds Wes...

I thank the Secretary of State for what she is saying. This has been a particularly difficult tim...

I thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention, but it is slightly beyond the scope of this part...

I warmly support the Bill, but can Her Majesty’s Government confirm that only a biological woman ...

I hope to be able to go into detail about this later in the debate. I know that many Members will...

I am pleased to follow the Minister, and I thank her for the discussions we have had in the lead-...

I know that the Minister responded to my initial intervention, but the shadow Minister has referr...

I could not agree more with the hon. Gentleman. Elected representatives, whether here in Parliame...

I very much welcome what the Opposition are pushing for. Does the hon. Lady agree with me that th...

I thank the hon. Gentleman for that intervention. The Paymaster General and I have been speaking ...

I am sorry to hear the experience that the hon. Lady is recounting. She has been paying tribute t...

I thank the hon. Gentleman for that intervention, which builds on the point made by the hon. Memb...

Before I call Caroline Nokes, I want to set out the time limits that will apply. As Chair of the ...

I appreciate being called in this debate, Mr Deputy Speaker. It is an honour to follow not only m...

I also welcome this Bill in principle and as far as it goes, which is not far enough, but perhaps...

With a four-minute limit, I call Cherilyn Mackrory.

1.43 pm

I thank my right hon. Friend the Minister for her opening remarks and for ensuring that the Bill ...

I strongly support the Bill and everything that has been said so far by the Minister, by my hon. ...

It is a great privilege to follow the right hon. and learned Member for Camberwell and Peckham (M...

It is an honour to be part of the debate and the work that we are doing to bring forward this leg...

The very best wishes of the House to you, Stella, on your great news.

1.58 pm

I warmly welcome the Bill, which was a recommendation by the all-party group on women in Parliame...

It is an honour and privilege to follow the right hon. Member for Basingstoke (Mrs Miller) in thi...

Though it is a mission of Back-Bench parliamentarians to bring this Palace to life, the service a...

I start by paying tribute to Becky Regan, the NHS worker who very sadly passed away last week aft...

The thrust of the Bill is long overdue and much needed, and to that extent, it should be welcomed...

I thank the hon. Lady for her speech, and I would like to offer, on behalf of everyone here, our ...

Madam Deputy Speaker, I want to start by echoing your congratulations to the hon. Member for Enfi...

I welcome what the Government are trying to do with this legislation. I know that it is for a spe...

The SDLP certainly welcomes this move in the right direction but, like others, we have some disap...

I congratulate the Attorney-General on her pregnancy and on being the first Cabinet Minister to t...

It is an honour and a privilege to follow the hon. Member for Belfast South (Claire Hanna) and th...

First of all, I add my congratulations to the right hon. and learned Member for Fareham (Suella B...

I am afraid that we need to move on to the Front-Bench spokespeople after the next speaker.