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Member

Speaking in the House of Lords on 2 February 2026

Debate

Crime and Policing Bill

Contribution

Until fairly recently, the Government did at least provide annual reports on Sex Ratios at Birth in the United Kingdom. The most recent report was published in October 2023, covering the period 2017 to 2021. I am not sure why the annual publication seems to have stopped; I invite the Minister to tell us. The October 2023 report, while claiming that there was “no evidence” of a general problem, said:

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