As I am sure my noble friend is aware, pregnancy goes on for nine months. It is not a short intervention which is treated and the patient then goes away; it is an ongoing thing that includes postnatal care and goes on for a long time, as the noble Baroness, Lady Barker, pointed out. This is a long-term treatment and it is important that it should be so. Perish the thought that treatment is cut off mid way.
Immigration Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Baroness Tonge
(Independent Liberal Democrat)
in the House of Lords on Monday, 10 March 2014.
It occurred during Committee of the Whole House (HL)
and
Debate on bills on Immigration Bill.
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2013-14
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2014-03-18 11:13:23 +0000
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