Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Bill (HL). Lords second reading debate. Agreed to on question.
Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Bill [HL]
Debate on bills on Friday, 26 January 2007,
in the House of Lords,
led by Lord Lester of Herne Hill.
The answering
member was Baroness Ashton of Upholland.
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Reference
688 c1319-67Session
2006-07Legislative stage
Second readingChamber / Committee
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Proceeding contributions
Lord Lester of Herne Hill | 688 c1319-24 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I beg to move that this Bill be now read a second time.
The serious social evil which the...
Lord Carlile of Berriew | 688 c1326-7 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I congratulate my noble friend Lord Lester of Herne Hill on introducing the Bill and givin...
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Baroness Rendell of Babergh | 688 c1329-31 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I too congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Lester, on introducing the Bill. Forced marriage i...
Lord Sheikh | 688 c1331-3 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, as the chairman of both the Conservative Party's Ethnic Diversity Council and the Conserva...
Baroness Falkner of Margravine | 688 c1333-5 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I, too, welcome the long overdue measure introduced by my noble friend Lord Lester and con...
Lord Taylor of Holbeach | 688 c1339-40 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I had not originally intended to speak in this debate. I well know that the House admires ...
Lord Ahmed | 688 c1338-9 (Link to this contribution)
Absolutely not, and that is the point I am making, my Lords. We have to be proactive. That is why we...
Baroness Falkner of Margravine | 688 c1338 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I want to put a question to the noble Lord, Lord Ahmed. While it may well be true that cer...
Lord Ahmed | 688 c1337-8 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I, too, thank the noble Lord, Lord Lester of Herne Hill, for introducing this Bill. He has...
Baroness Murphy | 688 c1342-4 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Rendell of Babergh, has already mentioned Romeo and Juliet. I rem...
Baroness Greengross | 688 c1340-1 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Lester, on introducing a very important Bill and on hi...
Baroness Turner of Camden | 688 c1341-2 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I am pleased to support the Bill. I commend the noble Lord, Lord Lester, for introducing i...
Lord Desai | 688 c1347-8 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, it is a privilege to follow the noble and learned Baroness, Lady Butler-Sloss. I have noth...
Baroness Butler-Sloss | 688 c1344-7 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I declare an interest. As a former judge, I tried cases that contained elements of forced ...
Lord Plant of Highfield | 688 c1351-2 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I strongly support this Bill, and I, too, pay tribute to the noble Lord, Lord Lester, for ...
Baroness Howe of Idlicote | 688 c1349-50 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I support the Private Member’s Bill of the noble Lord, Lord Lester. I thank him for the ex...
Lord Dholakia | 688 c1353 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, we now come to the concluding part of the debate. The Minister has a very good record on r...
Baroness Anelay of St Johns | 688 c1356-9 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, Her Majesty’s Opposition support this Bill. It is right in both principle and practice to ...
Lord Dholakia | 688 c1353-5 (Link to this contribution)
All noble Lords. I thank my noble friend Lord Lester of Herne Hill for introducing this private Memb...
Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 688 c1359-61 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, it is a great privilege to reply to this debate. I, too, am very sorry that my noble frien...
Lord Lester of Herne Hill | 688 c1361 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, the Minister said that the budget for the Forced Marriage Unit had not been cut. But I hav...
Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 688 c1361-5 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, my information is that it has not been cut. We shall have to reconcile that. Whether or no...
Lord Lester of Herne Hill | 688 c1365-6 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, this is a remarkable place. Where else in the world would a legislative body have a debate...
Baroness Ashton of Upholland | 688 c1366 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I interrupt the noble Lord only because I do not want this to become a running dispute bet...
Lord Lester of Herne Hill | 688 c1366 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I am grateful. I am sorry but I need to say one or two more words about resources despite ...
Lord Lester of Herne Hill | 688 c1367 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I am sure that that is right. I just wanted to clear up a point that had arisen. Notwithst...
Bishop of Manchester | 688 c1328-9 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I, too, congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Lester, on his Private Member’s Bill. The Bench ...
Lord Wedderburn of Charlton | 688 c1366 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, this is a very complex matter. I am sure the noble Lord’s case is very strong, but would i...
Baroness Uddin | 688 c1324-6 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I begin by expressing my gratitude to the noble Lord, Lord Lester, for introducing the Bil...
Baroness D'Souza | 688 c1335-7 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I am delighted to support this Bill and congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Lester, and his ...
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