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Public Order Bill

Proceeding contribution from Rupa Huq (Labour) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 7 March 2023. It occurred during Debate on bills on Public Order Bill.

I completely accept what the hon. Lady just said. As a woman, Madam Deputy Speaker, you know that, if any woman present in the Chamber were walking down a dark alley, they would shudder if someone was there. That feeling is magnified x amount of times for women having that difficult and distressing procedure when people determined to stop them having a termination are in their path. Those people can have their say, but let us move them away from the clinic door.

Buffer zones are not outlandish. They exist in France, Spain, Canada, Australia and some US states. In Ireland, they are legislating on them at the moment. We will be out of step with the rest of the UK, because a Bill is being brought in in Northern Ireland and a private Member’s Bill will become law this year in Scotland.

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
729 c215 
Session
2022-23
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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