Women and Equalities written question – answered at on 22 December 2017.
Fiona Bruce
Conservative, Congleton
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, which groups in Northern Ireland she consulted in developing the policy to pay for women with low incomes resident in Northern Ireland to travel and have abortions in England.
Anne Milton
Minister of State (Education), Minister for Women
The judgement on June 2017, in the case of R (on the application of A and B) v Secretary of State for Health, confirmed the Secretary of State's powers to extend equal access to women from Northern Ireland. There was no legal requirement to consult on this specific aspect of the scheme and no formal consultation took place.
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