❓ Hon Michael Mischin asks the Minister for Health if they received advice that the Human Reproductive Technology and Surrogacy Legislation Amendment Bill 2018 may create unlawful discrimination against women, and when they received such advice. The Minister states they were unaware until the tabling of the Standing Committee report.
AnsweredQoN 711Legislative Council
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HUMAN REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGY AND SURROGACY LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 2018
711. Hon MICHAEL MISCHIN to the parliamentary secretary
representing the Minister for Health:
I refer to the Human Reproductive
Technology and Surrogacy Legislation Amendment Bill 2018.
(1) Has the
minister received or is he aware of advice that the bill may create unlawful
discrimination against women?
(2) When did he
first receive or become aware of advice to that effect?
711. Hon MICHAEL MISCHIN to the parliamentary secretary
representing the Minister for Health:
I refer to the Human Reproductive
Technology and Surrogacy Legislation Amendment Bill 2018.
(1) Has the
minister received or is he aware of advice that the bill may create unlawful
discrimination against women?
(2) When did he
first receive or become aware of advice to that effect?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question. I am advised of the following.
(1)–(2) The
Minister for Health did not receive and was not aware of advice that the bill
may create unlawful discrimination against women until the tabling of the
Standing Committee on Legislation's report on the Human Reproductive
Technology and Surrogacy Legislation Amendment Bill 2018 this morning, 27 June 2019.
some notice of the question. I am advised of the following.
(1)–(2) The
Minister for Health did not receive and was not aware of advice that the bill
may create unlawful discrimination against women until the tabling of the
Standing Committee on Legislation's report on the Human Reproductive
Technology and Surrogacy Legislation Amendment Bill 2018 this morning, 27 June 2019.
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