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Divorce (Financial Provision) Bill [HL]

Debate on bills on Friday, 27 June 2014, in the House of Lords, led by Baroness Deech. The answering member was Lord Faulks.
Lords second reading. Agreed to on question. Bill committed to a Committee of the Whole House
Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
754 cc1490-1517 
Session
2014-15
Department
Ministry of Justice
Legislative stage
Second reading
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Divorce (Financial Provision) Bill (HL) 2014-15
Monday, 9 June 2014
Bills
House of Lords
Proceeding contributions
Baroness Deech | 754 cc1490-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, this is a Bill for every woman who ever felt that her marriage ended unfairly; it is a ...

Lord Mackay of Clashfern | 754 cc1491-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I strongly support the Second Reading of the Bill. I am delighted to see my noble frien...


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Lord Davies of Stamford | 754 cc1495-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I hope that I carry the whole House with me when I say that I think that the law should...

Lord McNally | 754 cc1497-8 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I promised the noble Lord, Lord Faulks, when he took over from me in December, that I w...

Lord Hope of Craighead | 754 cc1498-1501 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I, too, welcome this much needed Bill and congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Deech, ...

Baroness Bakewell | 754 cc1501-2 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, in the 1830s Caroline Norton campaigned for the Custody of Infants Act, which for the f...

Baroness Meacher | 754 cc1502-3 (Link to this contribution)

I rise to contribute briefly to this important debate and most particularly to applaud the noble ...

Baroness Wilcox | 754 cc1503-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I, too, congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Deech, on bringing forward, as sponsor, a...

Lord Scott of Foscote | 754 cc1504-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I address your Lordships as a lawyer who is interested in the Bill, although in practic...

Lord Grantchester | 754 cc1505-6 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I support the noble Baroness, Lady Deech, in her endeavours to update Section 25 of the...

Lord St John of Bletso | 754 cc1506-8 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I join in warmly welcoming my noble friend’s Bill, which addresses the urgent need for ...

Baroness Shackleton of Belgravia | 754 cc1508-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I practise in this area of law, and started five years after the 1973 Act came into bei...

Lord Kennedy of Southwark | 754 cc1509-1512 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, this has been an interesting debate and I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Deech, ...

Lord Faulks | 754 cc1512-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, like all other noble Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Deech, for introducing the...

Lord Davies of Stamford | 754 c1513 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am listening to the noble Lord with great attention. Would he be kind enough to say w...

Lord Faulks | 754 cc1513-5 (Link to this contribution)

I am not altogether sure whether that is a serious question, but of course human nature is not di...

Baroness Shackleton of Belgravia | 754 c1515 (Link to this contribution)

Mediation and indeed prenuptial contracts are practically impossible unless the outcome has some ...

Lord Faulks | 754 cc1515-6 (Link to this contribution)

I take the noble Baroness’s point but those helping the mediation, albeit that there is inevitabl...

Baroness Deech | 754 cc1516-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it has been a privilege to hear from experienced noble and learned Lords in this debate...

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