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Proceeding contribution from Lord Maginnis of Drumglass (Crossbench) in the House of Lords on Monday, 30 June 2008. It occurred during Debates on delegated legislation on Sexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 2008.


Sexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 2008

My Lords, will the noble Lord clarify what appears to some of us to be the rather strange statement that the law is not based on morality, but that it is abstract and technical and that morality does not come into it? That is what he is after telling us.


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
703 c106 
Session
2007-08
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Subjects
Criminal proceedings Age of consent Equality Gender Incest Mental illness Northern Ireland Rape Prostitution Paedophilia Sentencing Young people Sexual offences
Legislation
Criminal Law Act 1967
Sexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 2008
Link
View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk