Question to the Northern Ireland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make it his policy to guarantee the equity of provision of abortion services for women and girls in Northern Ireland with the rest of the UK.

The Government is fully committed to ensuring that all of the recommendations in paragraphs 85 and 86 of the Report of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women, (CEDAW Report) are implemented in Northern Ireland.

In 2020, the Government made the Abortion (Northern Ireland) No.2 Regulations 2020 that set the framework for how abortion services should be delivered in Northern Ireland. Those Regulations strike the appropriate balance between delivering a CEDAW compliant legal framework for accessing abortions that ensures the health and safety of women and girls, and are sensitive to the circumstances in Northern Ireland.