Jeremy Corbyn: ...the harassment of women and girls as a global problem, but will she today commit to begin negotiations immediately with political parties in Northern Ireland to bring forward legislation to extend abortion rights and end what the United Nations has denounced as a violation of international human rights standards? On the environment, the Prime Minister’s wafer-thin so-called national plan...
Jeremy Corbyn: I promise that this will be the last intervention. Of course, there is a fear that the Bill will be entirely abortive. That is possible. I understand that we are debating only the quorum of the Committee. In that respect, the quorum would then be dealing with a Bill that was about to be aborted. In the meantime, many people would have lost much money on property deals in the area.
Jeremy Corbyn: I wish to present a petition, Mr. Speaker, to the Honourable the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The petition showeth that the Abortion (Amendment) Bill which proposes to reduce the upper limit for abortion will, if enacted, restrict women's choices, endanger their health and open the door to further attacks on the 1967 Abortion Act.Wherefore, your...