Domestic Abuse Bill

My Lords, in moving Amendment 131 in my name, to which the noble Lord, Lord Ponsonby, has added h...

My Lords, the case for the protection of a refuge address has been made eloquently by the noble B...

My Lords, I support measures to improve the safety of family court proceedings for survivors of d...

My Lords, I feel slightly embarrassed to be coming in ahead of the noble Baroness, Lady Helic, wh...

My Lords, I intend to focus mainly on Amendment 133, which is in my name. Like the other amendmen...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Helic. I will speak to Amendments 1...

My Lords, I strongly support as much training as possibly can be given to everyone who works in a...

My Lords, I feel very privileged to be following noble Lords in speaking to this amendment. I wan...

My Lords, I will speak briefly on these amendments. It is a great pleasure to follow the noble Ba...

My Lords, I broadly welcome this group of amendments. Although I have concerns about some of them...

My Lords, I am very grateful to my noble friend Lady Bertin and the noble Lord, Lord Rosser, who ...

It is a huge honour to try and sum up such a rich and important debate. I made many notes, a lot ...

We now come to the group beginning with Amendment 137. I remind noble Lords that anyone wishing t...

Moved by

Baroness Newlove

137: After Clause 65, insert the following new Clause—

My Lords, Amendments 137 and 138 are in my name and the names of the right reverend Prelate the B...

My Lords, the important issue of non-fatal strangulation has been introduced comprehensively and ...

My Lords, I give my strong support to Amendment 137 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Newlo...

My Lords, I thank noble Lords who have preceded me and those who will follow. I also thank the st...

My Lords, I give my strong support to Amendment 137. I also thank the noble Baroness, Lady Newlov...

My Lords, I join everyone who has spoken in thanking the noble Baroness, Lady Newlove, for bringi...

My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lady Newlove for her powerful introduction to this standalone o...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Redfern. I support the important Am...

My Lords, I speak in support of Amendments 137 and 138 and pay tribute to my noble friend Lady Ne...

I join every speaker in this rather large group of speakers in offering my support for Amendments...

My Lords, I greatly support Amendment 137 and thank the noble Baroness, Lady Newlove, for such a ...

My Lords, like other noble Lords I pay warm tribute to the noble Baronesses, Lady Newlove, Lady W...

My Lords, I too welcome these amendments. However, if this law is going to be passed it should be...

My Lords, the Committee has heard some extremely powerful and focused speeches this evening. I ad...

My Lords, I speak briefly in support of Amendments 137 and 138, especially Amendment 137. It has ...

My Lords, I commend the noble Baroness, Lady Newlove—and other noble Lords, but particularly she—...

My Lords, first and foremost, I offer my sincere thanks to my noble friend Lady Newlove, the nobl...

My Lords, I thank everyone who has spoken in support of these amendments. It has been quite emoti...

My Lords, it has been agreed that a short break of 15 minutes would be welcome.

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My Lords, we now come to the group beginning with Amendment 139. I remind noble Lords that anyone...

Moved by

Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws

139: After Clause 68, insert the following new...

My Lords, like others, I want to express my gratitude to my friend, the noble Lord, Lord Wolfson,...

My Lords, I do not know whether the noble Baroness, Lady Kennedy, was intending not to speak to h...

The noble Baroness, Lady Jones, has withdrawn, so I call the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of...

My Lords, I will speak to Amendments 139 and 140, to which I have added my name. I draw attention...

It is a privilege to follow the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Gloucester. I shall speak to...

My Lords, declaring my interest in the register as a trustee of the Prison Reform Trust, I will m...

My Lords, as the noble Baroness, Lady Kennedy of the Shaws, has so clearly explained—and I pay re...

My Lords, we on these Benches fully support Amendments 139, 140 and 145, in the names of my noble...

My Lords, I first offer my sincere thanks and appreciation to the noble Baroness, Lady Kennedy of...

I have received requests to speak after the Minister from the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett of Man...

My Lords, I thank the House for the opportunity to ask this question, which applies to all these ...

I am grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett of Manor Castle, for that question. I do not wi...

My Lords, I am very grateful to the Minister. I have two questions which rather puzzle me. First,...

I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Paddick, for those questions. First, Section 76 of the Crim...

My Lords, I understand the points that the Minister has made about the common law developing—that...

I am grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Hamwee, for those various questions. On the issue of th...

My Lords, I should tell the Committee that I turned a page too soon in my opening address on thes...

We now come to the group consisting of Amendment 141. I remind noble Lords that anyone wishing to...

Moved by

Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames

141: After Clause 68, insert the following ne...

My Lords, this amendment, in my name and the names of my noble friend Lady Jolly and the noble an...

My Lords, I apologise for not taking part on Second Reading, although I have read the Official Re...

My Lords, I am afraid we have to leave it there for this evening.