Which is precisely why successive Prime Ministers and Health Secretaries, including the current Chancellor of the Exchequer, took the view that there was no need for further action, Indeed, they did not see this as a matter for a free vote, which abortion, as a generality, rightly is. This is about freedom: it is not about the purpose of that freedom or the location of it. It is about the ability to think, speak and pray freely.
Public Order Bill
Proceeding contribution from
John Hayes
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 7 March 2023.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Public Order Bill.
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