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Sexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 2008

My Lords, perhaps I may intervene for literally one minute or less. Twice this evening in this debate we have been told that teenage pregnancies in Northern Ireland are higher than they are in the mainland of Britain. I rushed out to get the statistics, which show: "““The conception rates among 16 year olds in Northern Ireland is less than half that among 16 year olds in England and Wales””." That is according to the official statistical register, ““Northern Ireland: Maternities, 113””, from Registrar General’s Annual Report 2006—Section 3 Births. It is right that that should be put on the record.