Big changes to controversial social and political issues are ill suited to decisions made by Ministers and advisers behind closed doors.
To respect devolution, the UK Government must not impose such a drastic development on the Province. Is this a test run for England?
It is not only pro-lifers who might jib at the United Kingdom acquiring one of the most permissive abortion laws in the world.
From Brexit to social issues, our Union is under growing pressure. Westminster must take a well-informed and pro-active approach to my Province.
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There has been no consultation with those who live in the part of the UK that these changes would affect.
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My minority report, unlike the majority one of the Women’s and Equality Committee, respects the province’s devolution settlement.
There is a mismatch between Government announcements and Commons realities. It cannot attempt reforms without risking them being amended out of recognition.
Durham Students Union is looking into ways of shutting down a new pro-life group on campus. This group is entirely unaffiliated with the students union.
We want to learn from what other Parliaments have done when faced with difficult choices. Such an assembly would report back within ten weeks.
These proposed changes suggest that Ministers’ resolve to address this type of abortion is weakening and, in Northern Ireland, evaporating.