I welcome the Minister’s response today. I also welcome the support from the Scottish National party, in particular the hon. and learned Member for Edinburgh South West (Joanna Cherry), with regards to women in Northern Ireland. The Minister said that the criminal elements are devolved, but the Supreme Court’s warning from last year is that human rights are not devolved but extended. Is this not a missed opportunity to empower the Minister and the Secretary of State at the Home Office with regard to the human rights of victims of domestic violence and of women in general?
Draft Domestic Abuse Bill: Territorial Extent
Proceeding contribution from
Martin Whitfield
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 30 January 2019.
It occurred during Urgent question on Draft Domestic Abuse Bill: Territorial Extent.
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