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HANSARDQueen’s SpeechMy Lords, today’s world seems ever more precarious, with conflict and instability proliferating in so many places. Today, there are over 75 million displaced people in the…07 Jan 2020HANSARDCivil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) Regulations 2019My Lords, I am extremely grateful to the Minister for her extensive explanation of the regulations before the House today. I know that she has taken a particular interest in the…05 Nov 2019HANSARDInternational Widows DayMy Lords, I too thank the noble Lord, Lord Loomba, for bringing forward this debate today, to highlight the important issue of widows in developing countries and to mark…19 Jun 2019HANSARDGlobal Gender EqualityMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord; I think that I speak for all noble Lords when I express my appreciation of his support. I welcome the opportunity to speak in…17 Jun 2019HANSARDSexual ViolenceTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the adequacy of international mechanisms to hold perpetrators of sexual violence to account; and what steps they…02 Apr 2019HANSARDSexual ViolenceMy Lords, I am pleased to have secured this important debate and I thank your Lordships in advance for taking the time to join the discussion on this pressing issue. Before I…02 Apr 2019HANSARDCivil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration etc) BillMy Lords, I thank colleagues across the House who participated in the Bill’s progress. The three debates were excellent and I am grateful to my colleagues for ensuring the Bill’s…07 Mar 2019HANSARDYemen: Women and GirlsMy Lords, will my noble friend tell us whether we are managing to get support to women’s organisations and women’s human rights defenders in Yemen?07 Mar 2019HANSARDInternational Women’s DayMy Lords, sadly there is still no country in the world where there is true gender equality in political, economic and social terms. International Women’s Day this year, with its…07 Mar 2019HANSARDCivil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration etc) BillThat the Bill do now pass.07 Mar 2019HANSARDCivil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration etc) BillMy Lords, I think we all recognise that this is a very sensitive issue. One cannot fail to be moved by some of the speeches we have heard, but I am grateful to the Minister and to…01 Mar 2019HANSARDCivil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration etc) BillMy Lords, I, too, thank the noble Baroness, Lady Barker, for prompting further debate on the provision in the Bill relating to coronial investigation of stillbirths. She knows…01 Mar 2019HANSARDCivil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration etc) BillMy Lords, I thank the Minister for her remarks on this important issue, and my noble friend Lord Hayward and the noble Lord, Lord Collins, for tabling the amendment. The Minister…01 Mar 2019HANSARDCivil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration Etc.) BillMy Lords, I thank the Minister for her remarks on this important issue, and the noble Lords, Lord Hayward, Lord Collins and Lord Cashman, for tabling the amendment. The Minister…01 Feb 2019HANSARDCivil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration Etc.) BillMy Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for clarifying these matters. It only remains for me to say in response to the noble Lords, Lord Faulkner of Worcester, Lord Collins of…01 Feb 2019HANSARDCivil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration Etc.) Bill01 Feb 2019HANSARDCivil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration Etc.) BillI thank the Committee for putting up with my very croaky voice today. I hope that I have not spread any of my germs around too much. I thank the Minister for clarifying how the…01 Feb 2019HANSARDCivil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration Etc.) Bill01 Feb 2019HANSARDCivil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration Etc.) Bill01 Feb 2019HANSARDCivil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration Etc.) BillMy Lords, as I indicated at Second Reading, Amendments 1, 4, 5, 6 and 7, which stand in my name, seek to replace the current Clause 2 and make consequential changes to the…01 Feb 2019