Domestic Abuse Bill
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Wednesday, 29 July 2020
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Moved by
Baroness Burt of Solihull
163: After Clause 72, insert the following new Cla...
My Lords, I am exceedingly grateful to the noble Lords, Lord Young of Cookham and Lord Kennedy of...
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My Lords, I have added my name to the amendment, which now has support from all four corners of t...
My Lords, I am proud to stand with the other signatories to the amendment, which is eminently sen...
My Lords, I declare an interest as the chair of the National Housing Federation, the representati...
My Lords, I should declare a number of interests because this is a housing matter. I am a vice-pr...
My Lords, I thank all the noble Lords who have spoken in this debate. As the noble Baroness, Lady...
I have received a request to speak from the noble Lord, Lord Kennedy of Southwark.
My Lords, I listened very carefully to the noble Lord’s explanation. Could I just ask that the no...
Yes, we certainly will. I hope equally that the noble Lord listened to the points where I outline...
My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have made extremely knowledgeable contributions. I thought ...
We now come to the group beginning with Amendment 164. I remind noble Lords that anyone wishing t...
Moved by
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
164: After Clause 72, insert the following new Clau...
My Lords, in moving Amendment 164 on behalf of my noble friend Lady Royall, I will also speak to ...
My Lords, before I speak to the amendment in my name, as we enter the final day of Committee I wa...
My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, and the noble Baroness, Lady Bert...
My Lords, I should remind the Committee that I was a police officer for more than 30 years. Picki...
My Lords, I wish to speak briefly in support of Amendment 167, in the names of my noble friend La...
My Lords, I am delighted to be able to support all these amendments but particularly Amendments 1...
My Lords, I echo the thanks of the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, to the many organisations and people wh...
My Lords, I declare my interest as a vice-president of the Local Government Association. I wish t...
My Lords, I begin by congratulating both my noble friend Lord Hunt and the noble Baroness, Lady B...
My Lords, I am very grateful for the comprehensive opening by the noble Lord, Lord Hunt. He and e...
My Lords, I add my support to Amendment 164 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Royall. I do ...
My Lords, when considering these amendments, I thought at first about tackling the perpetrators g...
My Lords, we have debated at length whether our laws are sophisticated enough to catch all the te...
My Lords, I support all the amendments in this group but I will focus my remarks on Amendment 167...
My Lords, one is always left stunned and moved when listening to my noble friend Lady Newlove. I ...
My Lords, I am also pleased to speak in support of Amendment 167 in the name of my noble friend L...
My Lords, the Lib Dem group strongly supports this group of amendments—noble Lords might have alr...
My Lords, like others, I thank Laura Richards for her excellent briefing, which has been a precur...
My Lords, I agree with the noble Lord, Lord Kennedy, that this has been a very good debate. I joi...
I have received two requests to speak after the Minister: from the noble Lords, Lord McCrea and L...
My Lords, acknowledging that rehabilitation programmes are an essential part of tackling these ab...
Clearly, the Home Office will take the lead, but I acknowledge the challenges in trying to work a...
I may have misheard the Minister, but did not she say that one of her reasons for not accepting a...
The point I was trying to make—and I hope the noble Lord will accept it—is that we do not need to...
I call the noble Lord, Lord Hunt of Kings Heath, to speak on behalf of the noble Baroness, Lady R...
My Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords who have spoken and to my noble friend Lady Royall for...
We now come to the group beginning with Amendment 165. I remind noble Lords that anyone wishing t...
Moved by
Baroness Greengross
165: After Clause 72, insert the following new Clause—
My Lords, am I being heard?
We can hear you. Carry on.
Thank you very much. I beg to move the amendment and speak also to Amendment 166. I have tabled t...
My Lords, it is a great pleasure to put my name to the noble Baroness’s amendments. She has been ...
My Lords, it is an honour to follow two such experts in this field as the noble Baroness, Lady Gr...
My Lords, I support Amendments 165 and 166. I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Greengross, for her ...
We can hear you, clearly. Carry on.
Sorry. My machine went off. I have nearly finished anyway.
Abuse of the elderly by relative...
My Lords, I am speaking on this group because I respect the experience and judgment of the signat...
My Lords, like others, I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Greengross, on championing the rig...
My Lords, I too pay many congratulations to the noble Baroness, Lady Greengross. I mean this in t...
My Lords, I will be quick, partly because noble Lords have already said almost everything there i...
My Lords, I am delighted to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Jones. I too pay tribute to the noble...
My Lords, these two small but important amendments are perfect examples of what I have been bangi...
Amendment 165, moved by the noble Baroness, Lady Greengross, would require that where a local aut...
My Lords, I know that the noble Baroness, Lady Greengross, will not get a big head when I again p...
My Lords, I have received one request to speak after the Minister, from the noble and learned Bar...
My Lords, I declare my interest, as set out in the register, as chair of the National Commission ...
I can certainly look into that for the noble and learned Baroness and ask that it be included.
My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have taken part. I am most grateful. The understanding and ...
We now come to Amendment 171. As usual, I remind noble Lords that anyone wishing to speak after t...
Moved by
Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede
171: After Clause 72, insert the following new Cl...
My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the previous group. The noble Baroness, Lady Greengross, has...
My Lords, in speaking to this amendment, I draw your Lordships’ attention to my declaration of in...
My Lords, I am delighted to follow the noble Lord, Lord Ponsonby, and the noble Baroness, Lady Gr...
My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Ponsonby, and the noble Baroness, Lady Grey-Thomp...
My Lords, I start by commending the noble Baroness, Lady Burt, because she spotted something that...
My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have spoken in this debate, which has been a short but impo...
My Lords, we now come to the group beginning with Amendment 173. Again, I remind noble Lords that...
Moved by
Baroness Gale
173: After Clause 72, insert the following new Clause—
“...
My Lords, I am pleased to move Amendment 173 in my name in this group of amendments.
It is ...
My Lords, Amendment 185 in my name is a modest, simple amendment that would require the statutory...
My Lords, I stand to support Amendment 185, also in my name. I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Lis...
My Lords, I metaphorically rise to speak to Amendment 185. I am very grateful to the noble Barone...
My Lords, I shall speak to Amendment 186 in my name and that of the noble Lord, Lord Paddick. As ...
My Lords, I would like to speak to Amendment 186, and I would also like to pay tribute to the nob...
My Lords, on an earlier day in Committee, the noble Lord, Lord Wolfson of Tredegar, said:
“...
My Lords, these three short amendments bring together some very big debates around the Bill—much ...
My Lords, the first and perhaps most obvious thing to say is that, following the noble Lord, Lord...
My Lords, I speak to Amendment 173 in the name of my noble friend Lady Gale, who has done so much...
My Lords, I pay tribute to all noble Lords who have spoken in this debate because between them th...
I have received two requests to speak after the Minister—from the noble and learned Baroness, Lad...
My Lords, I strongly agree with the Minister that domestic abuse should be gender neutral. I part...
I fully recognise that point. I also recognise that conversion therapy might take place, not just...
I have received another request to speak. I will call the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, first, and then ...
My Lords, I want to assure the noble Lord, Lord Paddick, that he is not alone. I support the powe...
My Lords, I think what the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, has just said could be the subject of a Questio...
My Lords, I very much appreciate the Minister’s sensitive response to the amendment, but I asked ...
I understand what the noble Baroness says. She made a point about VAWG versus DA. Of course, dome...
I thank all noble Lords who have taken part in this debate. I also thank Refuge for their briefin...
We now come to the group beginning with Amendment 174. I remind noble Lords
Moved by
Baroness Burt of Solihull
174: After Clause 72, insert the following new Cla...
My Lords, Amendment 174 standing in my name spells out the duty of care that any reasonable emplo...
My Lords, I am delighted to support Amendment 174, moved by the noble Baroness, Lady Burt of Soli...
My Lords, I support Amendments 174 and 182.
In my former role as Victims’ Commissioner, I h...
My Lords, I am glad to put my name to my noble friend Lord Kennedy’s Amendment 182, but I also we...
My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Hunt of Kings Heath, and I agree with h...
My Lords, the Equality and Human Rights Commission is pretty hard pressed and overloaded, so it i...
My Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords who have spoken in this debate and I join those who ha...
My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have spoken in this brief but very important debate today. ...
My Lords, we come now to Amendment 175. Again, I remind noble Lords that anyone wishing to speak ...
Moved by
Baroness Burt of Solihull
175: After Clause 72, insert the following new Cla...
My Lords, Amendment 175 does the equivalent for school places as my Amendment 52 does for NHS wai...
Amendment 175, moved by the noble Baroness, Lady Burt of Solihull, would extend the duty on local...
My Lords, I thank both noble Lords for taking part in this short but important debate. We firmly ...
My Lords, I am very grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Rosser, for rounding out some of the informa...
My Lords, we now come to Amendment 177A. Once again, I remind noble Lords that anyone wishing to ...
Moved by
Baroness Benjamin
177A: After Clause 72, insert the following new Clause—
My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 177A in my name and those of the noble Lords, Lord Alton and ...
My Lords, in returning to an issue that I raised at Second Reading, it is a particular pleasure t...
My Lords, I am pleased to speak in support of Amendment 177A, to which I have added my name. I ve...
My Lords, I am sorry to interrupt my noble friend, but I would point out that all the speakers in...
[Inaudible]—rough sex and domestic violence and implement Part 3 as quickly as possible.
My Lords, this amendment raises important issues in relation to domestic abuse. It is relevant to...
My Lords, I am pleased to speak in support of Amendment 177A, so ably proposed by the noble Baron...
My Lords, I am pleased to speak in support of Amendment 177A. Along with other speakers, I was no...
My Lords, my noble friend Lady Benjamin, who introduced Amendment 177A in such an inspiring way a...
My Lords, we have heard powerful speeches in this debate. I shall start my contribution with the ...
My Lords, as the noble Baroness, Lady Benjamin, explained, Amendment 177A requires the Government...
I have received no requests to speak after the Minister and, accordingly, I call the noble Barone...
My Lords, I am very grateful to all noble Lords who have taken part in this debate for their powe...
We now come to the group beginning with Amendment 178. I remind noble Lords that anyone wishing t...
Moved by
Baroness Williams of Trafford
178: Clause 73, page 57, line 44, leave out “i...
My Lords, I can be brief with the government amendments in this group. Clause 73 enables the Secr...
My Lords, I speak to Amendment 180. I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Featherstone, and the noble ...
My Lords, I am speaking to Amendment 180, to which I have added my name. It is a pleasure to foll...
The noble and learned Baroness, Lady Butler-Sloss, is having connection problems and so I call th...
My Lords, I shall speak on Amendment 183 in my name. As I said in my explanatory statement, my am...
My Lords, I shall speak to Amendment 184, to which I have added my name. This amendment focuses o...
My Lords, I shall speak chiefly to Amendment 184, tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Burt of Soli...
I shall speak very briefly on Amendments 178 and 188. I thank the Minister for moving them and ex...
My Lords, I might as well start by saying that as Baroness Fox of Buckley in North Wales, and wit...
My Lords, I will start by talking to my Amendment 184. I am most grateful to the noble Baronesses...
Like the noble Baroness, Lady Burt of Solihull, I will be brief, bearing in mind the time and the...
My Lords, I am grateful to noble Lords for explaining their amendments, which I will deal with in...
Moved by
Baroness Williams of Trafford
188: Clause 73, page 58, line 28, at end inser...