Moved by
Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws
222: After Clause 9, insert the following new Clause—
“Co-operation with the European Union on tackling violence against women and girls
(1) Within one month of the passing of this Act, and then once in every subsequent calendar year, the Secretary of State must lay before both Houses of Parliament a report on continued co-operation with the EU after exit day on tackling violence against women and girls.
(2) That report must include, in particular, an assessment of how co-operation with the EU will replicate mechanisms which exist within the EU before exit day to—
(a) maintain common rights for victims of domestic and sexual abuse when moving across borders,
(b) reduce female genital mutilation,
(c) reduce human trafficking,
(d) reduce child sexual exploitation, and
(e) enable data sharing relating to paragraphs (a) to (d).”