Domestic Abuse Bill
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811 cc109-161 Session
2019-21Legislative stage
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Wednesday, 10 February 2021
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Proceeding contributions
My Lords, we now come to the group consisting of Amendment 75. Anyone wishing to press this amend...
Moved by
Baroness Burt of Solihull
75: After Clause 72, insert the following new Clau...
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My Lords, I start by thanking the noble Baronesses, Lady Meacher and Lady Bennett of Manor Castle...
My Lords, I am very glad to speak in this debate. I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Burt, for movi...
My Lords, as someone involved in a small business as an employee, and having run a number of smal...
My Lords, I want to make one brief point. A code of practice or something which is a guide to emp...
My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Hamwee, and to build on her points....
My Lords, I support Amendment 75 tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Burt, to which I have added m...
My Lords, I am delighted to support Amendment 75, tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Burt of Soli...
My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Burt of Solihull, for again raising the impor...
My Lords, I am very grateful to all noble Lords who have spoken this evening. Their knowledge alw...
We now come to the group consisting of Amendment 77. Anyone wishing to press this amendment to a ...
Moved by
Lord Ramsbotham
77: After Clause 72, insert the following new Clause—
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Amendment 77, in my name and that of my noble friend Lady Finlay of Llandaff, is an amalgam of th...
My Lords, I am not getting any messages through on my iPad or my phone, so if there is anything I...
My Lords, this amendment is important and it has been carefully worded to cover all the suggested...
My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Finlay, who is so immensely knowled...
My Lords, I too pay tribute to the noble Lord, Lord Ramsbotham; he has a long-standing interest i...
My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Ramsbotham, for once again outlining the case for his amen...
My Lords, I thank the Minister for that considered response, and I also thank all noble Lords who...
We now come to the group consisting of Amendment 82. Anyone wishing to press the amendment to a D...
Moved by
Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
82: After Clause 72, insert the following n...
My Lords, as we approached the start of Report, I looked at the progress made in the Government a...
I now call the noble Baroness, Lady Whitaker. Is she there? No. Let us go on to the noble Barones...
My Lords, I am sorry; I had not realised I had been called and did not hear the Deputy Speaker.
We are trying to get the noble Baroness, Lady Whitaker, but meanwhile I call the noble Baroness, ...
My Lords, I rise to speak against Amendment 82. I appreciate that the noble Baronesses who have t...
My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett, for introducing this important amendment to t...
My Lords, this amendment attempts to repeal the defence of reasonable punishment as part of the C...
My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett of Manor Castle, for tabling the amendment, wh...
My Lords, I am afraid that I cannot support Amendment 82. I very strongly support the comments of...
My Lords, we shall now hear from the noble Baroness, Lady Whitaker.
My Lords, I am very pleased to add my name to this amendment, so ably moved by the noble Baroness...
My Lords, what a very interesting debate this has been; I did not expect this. I am grateful to t...
I agree with the noble Baroness, Lady Burt of Solihull, that this has been a very interesting deb...
My Lords, as the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett of Manor Castle, has explained, her Amendment 82 se...
My Lords, I thank the Minister for his answer and everyone who has participated in this debate. I...
We now come to the group beginning with Amendment 83. Anyone wishing to press this or anything el...
Moved by
Baroness Greengross
83: After Clause 72, insert the following new Clause—
My Lords, in moving Amendment 83, I will speak to Amendment 84. I am introducing these two amendm...
The noble Lord, Lord Naseby, has scratched, so the next speaker will be the noble Lord, Lord Rook...
My Lords, I think I heard the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett of Manor Castle, say “bearing in mind ...
My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Greengross, for bringing forward Amendments 83 and 84 ...
My Lords, I am also very glad to support the noble Baroness, Lady Greengross, in her Amendments 8...
My Lords, I am pleased to speak to these amendments, so ably introduced by the noble Baroness, La...
My Lords, this is one of the few amendments to the Bill that are intended to address elder abuse,...
Amendment 83, moved by the noble Baroness, Lady Greengross, would require a local authority to en...
My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Greengross, for further highlighting the plig...
My Lords, I thank the Minister for his response. I believe that the Government have taken onboard...
We now come to Amendment 87. Does the noble Baroness, Lady Hamwee, wish to move the amendment?
Moved by
Baroness Hamwee
87: After Clause 72, insert the following new Clause—
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I do wish to move it.
Right. The Question is that Amendment 87 be agreed to. As many as are of that opinion will say “C...
I now call Amendment 87A in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Benjamin.
Amendment 87A
Moved by
Baroness Benjamin
87A: After Clause 72, insert the following new Clause—
...My Lords, I beg to move Amendment 87A in my name and that of the noble Lord, Lord McColl. I thank...
I remind noble Lords that we would like to finish this group of amendments by midnight tonight. I...
My Lords, I shall take that advice seriously, and fortunately I can be brief because this whole a...
My Lords, I admire the continued work of the noble Baroness, Lady Benjamin, in putting forward th...
My Lords, I am pleased to speak in support of Amendment 87A. I very much agree with what the nobl...
My Lords, I am very grateful to the Minister for meeting the noble Baroness, Lady Benjamin, and m...