The hon. Gentleman has not had the advantage of hearing the debate, which has covered that territory fairly significantly over the past couple of hours while others of us have been here. Of course, if someone is compelled into a marriage and forced to have sex, that would be rape. The hon. Member for Beaconsfield made that point and also listed the other offences that are frequently committed in the course of a forced marriage and what follows thereafter. No doubt the hon. Gentleman will read the report in Hansard tomorrow—
Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Bill [Lords]
Proceeding contribution from
Vera Baird
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 10 July 2007.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Bill [Lords].
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