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Baroness Hussein-Ece (LD)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 4 February 2025

Debate

Women’s Health Strategy

Contribution

My Lords, I welcome the Minister’s comments. We know that black women are three to four times more likely to die during childbirth and that the rate of maternal deaths in the UK has risen during the past 10 years, which I am sure she will agree is a national disgrace. Does she therefore accept that women—and especially women of colour—have been ill served for many years? How will the Government reverse this trend?

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