Lord Shinkwin

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have reviewed the compatibility of section 1(1)(d) of the Abortion Act 1967 with Article 5 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the report by the Department of Health Matching Department of Health abortion notifications and data from the National Down’s Syndrome Cytogenetic Register, published in May 2014, and of the report by Euroc...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their response to the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists' submission to the UK National Screening Committee concerning the case for making a rigorous analysis of the lifetime costs of caring for child...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the NHS is being, or will be, charged for the use of non-invasive prenatal testing technology by technology providers; and if so, what is their estimate of the annual cost to the NHS of such charges.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they expect the assessment by the Nuffield Centre for Bioethics of the ethical implications of the introduction of the new non-invasive prenatal test to be completed.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Prior of Brampton on 22 November (HL3127), and in the light of the failure by the Secretary of State for Health to respond to the request by Lord Shinkwin of 8 March 2016 to meet with ...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Prior of Brampton on 22 November (HL3127), how the UK National Screening Committee, in making its recommendation on 15 January that non-invasive prenatal testing be approved, formally ...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government for which specific conditions terminations under section 1(1)(d) of the Abortion Act 1967, either alone or in conjunction with other paragraphs of subsection 1(1), were performed in each of the last five years for which fig...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the impact of section (1)(1)(d) of the Abortion Act 1967 on the mental health and wellbeing of people living with a disability.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether ministers have met (1) Premaitha Health, or (2) any other biotech firm which develops non-invasive prenatal tests, in the last 12 months; and if so, which ministers were involved in those meetings, when they happene...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government why the Secretary of State for Health has not responded to (1) the letter of 8 March requesting a meeting with Lord Shinkwin and people with Down’s syndrome and their representatives to discuss concerns about the introducti...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the submission by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists to the National Screening Committee concerning the case for a rigorous economic analysis to be made of the lifetime costs o...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Prior of Brampton on 23 March (HL 7087), why, prior to the decision to introduce non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT), they did not (1) meet people with Down’s syndrome and their famil...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the position of Jane Fisher as both a member of the National Screening Committee (NSC) and Director of Antenatal Results and Choices which receives funding from five biotech companies which develop non-inva...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they are taking action to reduce the number of late term abortions for reasons of disability; and if so, what.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the percentage increase in the number of abortions for Down's syndrome between 1991 and 2015.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the percentage increase in the number of late term abortions (after 24 weeks) performed on the grounds of disability between 1991 and 2015.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the percentage increase in the number of abortions performed on the grounds of disability between 1986 and 2015.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether an equality impact assessment was conducted before the decision was made to introduce non-invasive prenatal testing on the NHS.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government which groups the Department of Health met before making the decision to introduce non-invasive prenatal testing on the NHS.