Ministerial and other Maternity Allowances Bill

My Lords, I too welcome the Minister’s announcement today and I want to pay tribute to him for hi...

My Lords, this Bill will now pass unamended and I welcome that. But we recognise that our debate ...

My Lords, I am glad to be following the noble Lord, Lord Wallace of Saltaire. I welcome the Gover...

My Lords, I too warmly welcome the Government’s decision to accept my noble friend Lord Lucas’s a...

My Lords, it is right both that we get the wording in legislation right and that no offence is ca...

My Lords, like others, I would have preferred the unapologetic word “woman” to “mother”, but I wa...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Fox. I too was unfortunately unable...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for his personal assurances and commitment to improving the Bill, ...

My Lords, I, too, thank the Minister, and I am most grateful to him for the time and effort that ...

My Lords, it is a privilege, as it always is, to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Altmann. I think...

My Lords, it is always a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Triesman. We have a special conn...

My Lords, as a signatory to many of the amendments, particularly that of the noble Lord, Lord Hun...

My Lords, it is a great pleasure and privilege to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Hoey, whose con...

My Lords—or, taking a cue from the noble Lord, Lord Triesman, how long will it be before I ought ...

I am not sure whether the next speaker, the noble Lord, Lord Dobbs, is able to join us.

My Lords, yes, but my IT connection has been playing up and is weak. I note the lateness of the h...

My Lords, this afternoon, we have heard once again from many noble Lords who are concerned about ...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who spoke in the debate. Many amendments have been laid before ...

My Lords, this has been an interesting and thought-provoking debate—as indeed it was at Second Re...

It won’t last.

Let me say in that respect that being a Minister of the Crown is a high honour but duties come wi...

My Lords, I am most grateful to my noble friend Lord True, to all his colleagues in Government an...

Moved by

Lord Lucas [V]

3: Clause 1, page 1, line 5, leave out “person” and insert “m...

Moved by

Lord Lucas [V]

5: Clause 1, page 1, line 6, leave out “person” and insert “m...

Moved by

Lord Lucas [V]

7: Clause 1, page 1, line 8, leave out “person” and insert “m...

Moved by

Lord Lucas [V]

10: Clause 1, page 1, line 14, leave out “person is pregnant ...

Moved by

Lord Lucas [V]

14: Clause 1, page 2, line 3, leave out “person” and insert “...

Moved by

Lord Lucas [V]

16: Clause 2, page 2, line 8, leave out “person” and insert “...

Moved by

Lord Lucas [V]

18: Clause 2, page 2, line 13, leave out “person” and insert ...

Moved by

Lord Lucas [V]

20: Clause 2, page 2, line 16, leave out “person” and insert ...

Moved by

Lord Lucas [V]

22: Clause 3, page 2, line 34, leave out “person” and insert ...

Moved by

Lord Lucas [V]

24: Clause 3, page 2, line 35, leave out “person” and insert ...

Moved by

Lord Lucas [V]

26: Clause 3, page 2, line 41, leave out “person” and insert ...

Moved by

Lord Lucas [V]

28: Clause 3, page 3, line 2, leave out “person” and insert “...

Moved by

Lord Lucas [V]

30: Clause 3, page 3, line 3, leave out “person” and insert “...

We now come to the group consisting of Amendment 32. Anyone wishing to press this amendment to a ...

Tabled by

Lord Cormack [V]

32: After Clause 6, insert the following new Clause—