HL Deb 17 December 1986 vol 483 c172
The Lord Bishop of Birmingham

My Lords, I beg to introduce a Bill to reduce the period of pregnancy which for the purposes of the Infant Life (Preservation) Act 1929 is evidence that a woman was pregnant of a child capable of being born alive. I beg to move that this Bill be now read a first time.

Moved, That the Bill be now read a first time.—(The Lord Bishop of Birmingham.)

On Question, Bill read a first time, and to be printed.