Ministerial and other Maternity Allowances Bill

My Lords, I beg to move the amendment standing in my name on the Order Paper. This regrets that t...

I thank the Minister for introducing this welcome Bill, and I take the opportunity to welcome my ...

My Lords, we on these Benches welcome the Bill and support its proposals.

It implements pro...

My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Wallace of Saltaire, who made som...

My Lords, while I welcome this Bill, I think it a shame that it has taken so long to acknowledge ...

I, too, welcome the Bill, which is long overdue in seeking to right a wrong and an anomaly that h...

My Lords, I declare an interest, although not a current one, as the prospects of my being offered...

My Lords, it is a great honour to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Hayman. It is always so, but es...

My Lords, I too support the intent of the Bill and certainly wish the Attorney-General well. As o...

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I will carry on. This is a Second Reading debate. We do not have time limits.

Keep going.

Thank you very much—I do not usually get this support. After 23 years here it makes quite an unus...

My Lords, the six-minute limit is advisory but we have to get through this debate in a certain ti...

With respect, we do not have to take the privileges committee report tonight. This is a Second Re...

My Lords, I am delighted that we have the chance to give this Bill its Second Reading today. It i...

My Lords, it has become almost formulaic to say that it is an honour to follow the previous speak...

My Lords, I am going to use the formula: “It is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Cormack...

My Lords, my comments are going to follow those that have been made by the majority of Members be...

My Lords, I agree wholeheartedly with the noble Baroness who has just spoken on the way she discu...

My Lords, let me declare an interest: I am the chairman of the Genesis Research Trust, which deal...

My Lords, it is always an education to listen to the noble Lord, Lord Winston. I declare an inter...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for his opening statement and for clearly setting out the purpose ...

My Lords, I support all that my noble friends Lord Hunt of Kings Heath and Lady Morris of Yardley...

My Lords, my father was the world’s first Minister for Health and Motherhood in the New South Wal...

My Lords, Members of the House of Commons voted to give Ministers formal, paid maternity leave fo...

My Lords, I am sure that we all wish Suella Braverman well in her forthcoming maternity leave, an...

My Lords, I am not the only Member of this House to have been lobbied about the wording of this B...

My Lords, given the number of speakers, I shall take very little of your Lordships’ time. I welco...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord True, for the time that he has given in speaking to many n...

My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Hoey. Indeed, it is a great p...

My Lords, I will start with what I hope is obvious. Among many others, I consistently supported f...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Triesman, because that was a brilliant ...

My Lords, I too support this Bill, even though it does not go far enough in giving Ministers who ...

My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lady Noakes for her determined and timely action in flagging up...

My Lords, it is fascinating how such a small Bill has demonstrated the ability of the House of Lo...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for providing the background to this short piece of legislation, a...

My Lords, first and foremost, I am sure all Members of your Lordships’ House will want to join me...

My Lords, I welcome the Bill. A maternity Bill to support parliamentarians has been too long in c...

My Lords, it is a privilege to respond to the debate, which I have listened to intently and with ...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have supported my amendment. There have been some wonderful...