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Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Bill [Lords]

Debate on bills on Tuesday, 10 July 2007, in the House of Commons, led by Bridget Prentice. The answering member was Dominic Grieve.
Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Bill (HL). Second reading debate. Agreed to on question. Programme motion on proceedings in Committee, Third reading and other proceedings (formal). Agreed to on question.

About these Parliamentary proceedings

Reference

462 c1381-418 

Session

2006-07

Department

Ministry of Justice

Legislative stage

Second reading

Procedure

Programme motions
Private members' bills proceedings

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber

Related items

Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Bill (HL). Brought from the Lords. Explanatory Notes Bill 129-EN also published.
Thursday, 21 June 2007
Bills
House of Commons

Proceeding contributions

Bridget Prentice | 462 c1381 (Link to this contribution) I beg to move, That the Bill be now read a Second time. May I begin by commending the work done in ...
Dominic Grieve | 462 c1383 (Link to this contribution) Although the Minister is right that we do not want to see an abuse of the process, the measure that ...

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Bridget Prentice | 462 c1381-3 (Link to this contribution) We spoke to a variety of organisations that work with women, a number of faith groups and a series o...
David Heath | 462 c1383 (Link to this contribution) It is enormously to the credit of the Government and the Conservative Opposition that they have been...
Bridget Prentice | 462 c1383 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is right. Working together has produced a Bill that includes that third pillar of...
Bridget Prentice | 462 c1383-4 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for those kind and positive words. I am sure that all hon. Membe...
Bridget Prentice | 462 c1393-4 (Link to this contribution) I hope that I can give the hon. Lady some assurance by saying that we will be discussing the issue w...
Jo Swinson | 462 c1391-3 (Link to this contribution) I am delighted to give Liberal Democrat support to the Bill. My noble Friend Lord Lester of Herne Hi...
Chris McCafferty | 462 c1389-91 (Link to this contribution) I agree entirely with my right hon. Friend, who makes a very valid, and crucial, point. Legislation ...
Jo Swinson | 462 c1393 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman raises an important and worrying point. What is welcome in the legislation is tha...
Dominic Grieve | 462 c1393 (Link to this contribution) I have had direct experience of that. One of the reasons for the practice is simply cultural, on the...
Dominic Grieve | 462 c1388 (Link to this contribution) Notwithstanding that, I hope that we will consider those issues; it is the one area that I would lik...
Keith Vaz | 462 c1389 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the way in which my hon. Friend has put her arguments, and she is at the forefront of camp...
Dominic Grieve | 462 c1388 (Link to this contribution) The right hon. Gentleman raises an interesting point. I do not know whether he will have the opportu...
Keith Vaz | 462 c1388 (Link to this contribution) I understand the hon. Gentleman’s point, but there is a simple way round this problem. Such officers...
Dominic Grieve | 462 c1387-8 (Link to this contribution) Criminalisation sends out a powerful message, but the question is whether such a criminal offence wo...
Philip Davies | 462 c1387 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes a very powerful case and, as he knows, I respect his opinion hugely. Does he ag...
Dominic Grieve | 462 c1386-7 (Link to this contribution) The right hon. Gentleman raises an interesting point that I was going to deal with a little later. I...
Keith Vaz | 462 c1386 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Member for Shipley (Philip Davies) inadvertently focused on the role of entry clearance off...
Dominic Grieve | 462 c1385-6 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend raises a perfectly sensible point, which might also go to the question of what the ge...
Philip Davies | 462 c1385 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend highlights one of the main problems. Does he agree that it might help to reduce insta...
Dominic Grieve | 462 c1385 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the Minister’s remarks and her presentation of the Bill. As she will be aware, the Bill co...
Bridget Prentice | 462 c1384-5 (Link to this contribution) A respondent will, of course, be eligible for legal aid in the usual way. The need for proper train...
Humfrey Malins | 462 c1384 (Link to this contribution) Will the Minister confirm that legal aid will be available not only to an applicant, but to a respon...
Jo Swinson | 462 c1394 (Link to this contribution) Members of the Scottish Parliament do come back rather earlier—the holiday season is rather differen...
Margaret Moran | 462 c1394 (Link to this contribution) I, too, welcome the Bill, which has unanimous support throughout the House. However, I was extremely...
Dominic Grieve | 462 c1394 (Link to this contribution) I hope that the hon. Lady will excuse my intervention but, while I am absolutely satisfied that the ...
Margaret Moran | 462 c1394-8 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for the hon. Gentleman’s intervention. I am referring to the earliest discussions on t...
Humfrey Malins | 462 c1398-9 (Link to this contribution) It is not often that the House is united in its approach to a Bill. I am delighted that all parties ...
Humfrey Malins | 462 c1399-400 (Link to this contribution) I am so grateful to my hon. Friend. I shall think of something very nice to say about him at some la...
Fiona Mactaggart | 462 c1400 (Link to this contribution) I very much support what the hon. Gentleman says. Does he accept, however, that for some women the s...
Greg Knight | 462 c1408 (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend agree, however, that the consultation process should not end with the passing in...
Philip Davies | 462 c1408 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my right hon. Friend for that intervention. He is entirely right, and I was certain...
Fiona Mactaggart | 462 c1403-6 (Link to this contribution) The issue of forced marriage can affect anyone. I was privileged to be present at the commemoration ...
Philip Davies | 462 c1406-8 (Link to this contribution) It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Slough (Fiona Mactaggart) who made her case in a typi...
Baroness Burt of Solihull | 462 c1402 (Link to this contribution) I should be interested to know why the hon. Gentleman thinks that we need to restrict the definition...
Humfrey Malins | 462 c1402-3 (Link to this contribution) I take the hon. Lady’s point. Indeed, in a sense she has put her finger on the issue, which is that ...
Humfrey Malins | 462 c1400-2 (Link to this contribution) How right the hon. Lady is. I am grateful to her for that intervention. There are those who, despite...
Baroness Burt of Solihull | 462 c1408-9 (Link to this contribution) More than 20 years ago, before I ever dreamed that I would end up in this place, I met a young man c...
Greg Knight | 462 c1409 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Lady’s comment about criminal proceedings left me a little puzzled. She asked how a wronged...
Brooks Newmark | 462 c1412-3 (Link to this contribution) I have been delighted to listen to many of the speeches that have been made in this debate. Clearly,...
Humfrey Malins | 462 c1413 (Link to this contribution) I am most intrigued by my hon. Friend’s observations about the way in which to distinguish a forced ...
Brooks Newmark | 462 c1413 (Link to this contribution) That was very much the point I was trying to make at the beginning of my speech, to tease out from t...
Baroness Burt of Solihull | 462 c1413 (Link to this contribution) Perhaps I can help the hon. Gentleman. His colleague, the hon. Member for Woking (Mr. Malins), talke...
Brooks Newmark | 462 c1414 (Link to this contribution) I understand the spirit in which the hon. Lady makes her point, but the reality is that many of thos...
Vera Baird | 462 c1414-6 (Link to this contribution) I compliment all—I stress ““all””—the contributors to the debate. The hon. Member for Beaconsfield (...
Nicholas Winterton | 462 c1416 (Link to this contribution) May I ask a delicate and sensitive question of the Solicitor-General? What is she prepared to do abo...
Vera Baird | 462 c1416 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman has not had the advantage of hearing the debate, which has covered that territory...
Baroness Burt of Solihull | 462 c1409-12 (Link to this contribution) Regrettably, the hon. Gentleman was not in the Chamber when others explained that point much better ...
Vera Baird | 462 c1416-7 (Link to this contribution) What we are seeking to do is to give young people in danger the tools to prevent the danger from eme...
Chris McCafferty | 462 c1388-9 (Link to this contribution) The word ““delighted”” would be inappropriate, but I am certainly pleased to speak about the Bill be...
Jo Swinson | 462 c1394 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister very much and am pleased greatly by that intervention. I have been discussing t...
Philip Davies | 462 c1399 (Link to this contribution) They have an excellent MP, as well.
Philip Davies | 462 c1381 (Link to this contribution) Everybody in the House will support measures to tackle forced marriage, which is an appalling thing,...

Subjects

Age
Children's rights
Women
Equality
Human rights
Judiciary
Immigration
Domestic abuse
Ethnic groups
Family law
Forced marriage
Training
Young people
Religion
Victim support schemes
Forced Marriage Unit
Judicial Studies Board
Forced marriage protection orders
Women's rights

Legislation

Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Bill (HL) 2006-07

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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