Abortion (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2021

My Lords, I give notice that I intend to press my amendment to a vote. These regulations give the...

I remind the noble Baroness of the time limit.

It is important that your Lordships’ House respects the attempts being made in Northern Ireland t...

My Lords, the United Kingdom is a relationship between three nations and a Province, a relationsh...

My Lords, I ask the noble Lord to wind up.

—of dispensing with the Northern Ireland tradition because doing so was a greater priority to Mem...

My Lords, I shall speak to the amendment in my name and give notice that I intend to test the opi...

My Lords, I preface my remarks by making the observation that it is against the law, throughout t...

My Lords, as noble Lords have said, at the very heart of this debate are the women, unborn childr...

My Lords, we are all aware of the sensitivities surrounding abortion, as the noble Viscount, Lord...

My Lords, this is an instrument dealing with abortion. It is put forward under the authority of S...

I now call the noble Lord, Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown. If my pronunciation is less ...

My Lords, we are being asked to give our consent to the killing of the unborn child. Many abortio...

My Lords, this is an emotional issue, but I wish to express my own concern about the constitution...

My Lords, I am thankful for the opportunity to speak on this unprecedented move to provide the Se...

My Lords, as a Conservative and Unionist, I am acutely aware that the maintenance of our union do...

I ask the noble Baroness to finish.

I am finishing. The only legislative steps that the restored Assembly has taken is to consider a ...

My Lords, the Government have said that they have no choice but to bring these regulations forwar...

My Lords, the regulations proposed by the Government are deeply troubling for the devolution sett...

My Lords, a womb is not a tomb. In 1996 I presented the Bill which created the UK’s first DNA dat...

My Lords, these regulations present me with a quandary. I look at the abortion arrangements that ...

My Lords, I have considerable sympathy with my noble friend on the Front Bench, because his entir...

My Lords, as this debate has illustrated all too clearly, this subject provokes extremely strong ...

My Lords, just over nine months ago the Minister and I sat opposite each other at the Dispatch Bo...

My Lords, first, I thank all speakers who contributed to this debate on the regulations on a subj...

My question was not on the quality of abortion services but on the wider services provided on sex...

Of course. That is an extremely good point. I will pick up on that.

However, I recognise th...

My Lords, I have listened carefully to this debate, and I would like to correct a couple of misap...

Can the noble Baroness please move to the vote, as we are at the end of our time?

This is where I am.

In this febrile and volatile situation, I ask you to take courage. I wi...

Order. I am sorry, but will the noble Baroness please move to the Division?

I said that I wanted to test the opinion of the House.

Moved by

Lord Morrow

My Lords, before I move my amendment, perhaps I might make a point of clarification. I think the ...

Moved by

Lord Shinkwin

My Lords, I will keep my remarks very brief. I thank noble Lords who spoke in support of genuine ...