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To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what advice NHS England provides for women who have developed fibroadenomas.

Asked by
Ruth Cadbury (Labour)
Answering body
Department of Health
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
25 April 2016
Reference
34883
House
House of Commons

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to match the initiative of the government of Germany in providing special counselling, care and other medical support to Yazidi women who have suffered sexual and physical abuse at the hands of Islamic State.

Asked by
Baroness Crawley (Labour)
Answering body
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
7 March 2016
Reference
HL6609
House
House of Lords

Lords motion to take note of the progress made in the United Kingdom in the areas of women's representation and empowerment 150 years after the 1866 petition to the House of Commons for women's suffrage. Agreed to on question.

Lead member
Baroness Williams of Trafford
Answering member
Baroness Evans of Bowes Park
Department
Government Equalities Office
Type
Debates
Date
7 March 2016
Reference
769 cc1100-1152
House
House of Lords

My Lords, as usual, this annual debate draws men and women to share their views on the role of women. As each year passes, I see more women in elected roles, many in leadership positions. I am happy to see this—not to balance the numbers but because they are making...

Member
Baroness Seccombe (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
7 March 2016
Reference
769 cc1131-3
House
House of Lords

My Lords, 150 years are three or four generations of women’s lives. We can list with pride the many achievements of women in civic and public life, not only in the UK but globally. I will refrain—or try to refrain—from referring to anything abroad today. I am really pleased that...

Member
Baroness Uddin (Non-affiliated)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
7 March 2016
Reference
769 cc1133-5
House
House of Lords

My Lords, it is always a pleasure to take part in what has become an annual debate to celebrate International Women’s Day. We have had an enormous line of progress as regards women, but this also gives us an opportunity to pause and remind ourselves how much further we have...

Member
Baroness Dean of Thornton-le-Fylde (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
7 March 2016
Reference
769 cc1135-7
House
House of Lords

My Lords, I am privileged to speak in this debate today. I congratulate the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Gloucester and my noble friend Lady Mone, with whom I totally agree that my noble friend Lady Morris is a wonderful mentor and a dear friend. I am speaker number...

Member
Baroness Newlove (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
7 March 2016
Reference
769 cc1137-9
House
House of Lords

My Lords, I join other noble Lords in thanking the Minister for securing this debate. As other noble Lords have said, we should celebrate the achievements that women have made in the 150 years since the first petition for women’s suffrage was presented to Parliament. I share with my noble...

Member
Baroness Nye (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
7 March 2016
Reference
769 cc1139-1141
House
House of Lords

My Lords, it has been a pleasure to take part in this annual debate and to hear so many excellent, outstanding contributions from all sides of the House. I thank the Minister for securing the debate and for her comprehensive introduction, which set the scene of where we are today....

Member
Baroness Hussein-Ece (Liberal Democrat)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
7 March 2016
Reference
769 cc1141-3
House
House of Lords

My Lords, this has been a great debate this evening in celebration of International Women’s Day. I thank the Minister, the noble Baroness, Lady Williams, for bringing this debate before us today. As others have said, it is like an annual event when we can take an audit of where...

Member
Baroness Gale (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
7 March 2016
Reference
769 c1143
House
House of Lords

And a Liberal.

Member
Baroness Barker (Liberal Democrat)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
7 March 2016
Reference
769 c1143
House
House of Lords

Maybe she was, but if you know her full story you will know that she went to the right in the end.

Some 32 years later, on 4 November 1958, history was made when Baroness Elliot of Harwood became the first woman Peer to speak in the House of Lords, as...

Member
Baroness Gale (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
7 March 2016
Reference
769 cc1143-6
House
House of Lords

My Lords, the debates for International Women’s Day are always outstanding, and this has been no exception. It has been a privilege to listen to a debate that has, as usual, encapsulated a huge range of topics and themes. I particularly congratulate the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Gloucester...

Member
Baroness Evans of Bowes Park (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
7 March 2016
Reference
769 cc1144-1152
House
House of Lords

My Lords, it gives me great pleasure to open this debate to mark International Women’s Day, our annual opportunity to pause, to take stock and to reflect on how far women have come in social, economic, cultural and political life, and how far we still have to go.

In 1866, a...

Member
Baroness Williams of Trafford (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
7 March 2016
Reference
769 cc1100-3
House
House of Lords

My Lords, John Stuart Mill in response to the petition became the first MP to speak in favour of women’s suffrage in 1867, but the stereotypes and attitudes he identified as holding back equality still prevail today. He challenged those men who believed that politics are not women’s business and...

Member
Baroness Drake (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
7 March 2016
Reference
769 cc1103-5
House
House of Lords

My Lords, I, too, thank the noble Baroness, Lady Williams, for introducing what has now become an annual debate in the Lords to mark International Women’s Day.

Clearly, huge progress has been made in the United Kingdom since the mid-19th century. Indeed the franchise is equal, which those in 1866 sought....

Member
Baroness Northover (Liberal Democrat)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
7 March 2016
Reference
769 cc1104-7
House
House of Lords

My Lords, it is an annual pleasure for me to participate in the International Women’s Day debate, and particularly this year to come relatively early in the debate when all the points have not yet been made. I thank the Minister for her upbeat opening remarks—and there is indeed much...

Member
Baroness Jenkin of Kennington (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
7 March 2016
Reference
769 cc1107-9
House
House of Lords

My Lords,

“This is a maiden speech, my Lords, and I would crave your indulgence”.

So began the maiden speech in November 1958 of Baroness Elliot of Harwood, the first female Peer to speak in this House. She went on to say,

“except for Her Majesty’s gracious Opening of Parliament, probably this is...

Member
Bishop of Gloucester (Bishops (affiliation); Bishops (affiliation); Bishops (affiliation); Bishops (affiliation))
Type
Maiden speeches
Date
7 March 2016
Reference
769 cc1109-1111
House
House of Lords

My Lords, it is a distinct pleasure and privilege to follow the maiden speech of the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Gloucester. It was historic and excellent in every way. I was struck by her career prior to ordination and the fact that she had worked in the National...

Member
Lord Kakkar (Crossbench)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
7 March 2016
Reference
769 cc1111-3
House
House of Lords

My Lords, I first spoke in a debate on International Women’s Day in 1993 in the other place. I want to place on record my pride in the fact that today’s debate is supported on all sides of the House; 23 years ago, it was greeted with derision from some...

Member
Baroness Corston (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
7 March 2016
Reference
769 cc1113-5
House
House of Lords