Tuesday 8 March 2022

Liberal Democrat MPs mark International Women's Day

In the Commons today, Liberal Democrat deputy parliamentary leader Daisy Cooper presented under Standing Order No. 57:
Women Leaving Prison (Safe Accommodation) Bill
and Maternity Services (Rural Areas) Bill

There were also presented:
Official Development Assistance Equalities Impact Assessment (Women and Girls) Bill (by Layla Moran)

State Pension Underpayments (Divorced Women) Bill and
Surgical Mesh (Support) Bill (Sarah Green)

Gender Pay Gap Bill (Sarah Olney)

Planning (Women’s Safety) Bill (Christine Jardine)
 
Miscarriage and Stillbirth (Black and Asian Women) Bill (Munira Wilson)
and
Rape (Conviction Rates) Bill (Wera Hobhouse)

What are known as Presentation Bills have no speech or debate attached to them and rarely become law. However, they are useful in keeping an issue before the House. There is no doubt that all the subjects chosen are of immediate concern to many women.

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