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HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Eighth sitting)The clause simply reintroduces schedule 2, which contains amendments relating to offences committed outside the UK. As with clauses 60 and 61, the amendments are necessary to…11 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Eighth sitting)This clause is about polygraph conditions. It is an important clause that relates to conditions for offenders released on licence. It is one of a number of measures in the Bill…11 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Eighth sitting)Let me say a little about clause 59. In fact, the right hon. Member for Dwyfor Meirionnydd was starting to talk about it, so I will set out some context. The clause contains…11 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Sixth sitting)It may be in the guidance but, I respectfully suggest, does not necessarily need to be in it. When a court comes to consider what it will or will not do, it may look at this…10 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Sixth sitting)May I gently push back on that? I understand the hon. Gentleman’s observations about the need to ensure that one modernises and so on, but if we think for a second about the sorts…10 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Sixth sitting)It is a pleasure to follow my hon. Friend’s contribution, and I entirely agree with its content. I think there is agreement across the House that we want credibility and…10 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Sixth sitting)It is that kind of flexibility in the Chair that we have grown to love and admire. Thank you very much, Mr Bone. I was saying that amendment 33 makes equivalent provision to…10 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Sixth sitting)Clause 31 makes provisions for making an order without giving prior notice to the person who is alleged to have been abusive. These are standard provisions and consistent with…10 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Sixth sitting)The whole point of the approach we are taking is to seek standardisation across the piece. Words like “accreditation” can mean all sorts of things, but certainly it is the case…10 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Sixth sitting)Clause 34 sets out the circumstances in which a court can impose electronic monitoring requirements on a person as part of an order, and the nature of such requirements. The…10 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Sixth sitting)I beg to move amendment 31, in clause 36, page 23, line 29, leave out “section 154(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003” and insert “paragraph 24(2) of Schedule 22 to the…10 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Sixth sitting)Am I permitted to speak to all the amendments? They are all quite technical.10 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Sixth sitting)Clause 46 relates to special measures for witnesses. It ensures that victims in DAPO proceedings will be eligible for special measures when giving evidence. As some Members will…10 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Sixth sitting)That is eminently sensible. These are minor and technical Government amendments. Clause 36 provides that a breach of a DAPO is a criminal offence. Where someone is convicted of…10 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Sixth sitting)Clause 37 relates to arrest for breach of order and it makes provision for breach of a domestic abuse protection order to be dealt with as a civil matter— that is, as a contempt…10 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Sixth sitting)Clause 41 is about the variation and discharge of orders. Another example of the DAPO’s flexibility is that the requirements imposed by the order can be varied so that the courts…10 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Sixth sitting)Thank you, Mr Bone—that’s my career over. Clause 29 sets out two conditions that must be met before the court may make a domestic abuse protection order. The first is that the…10 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Sixth sitting)The clause relates to powers to make other orders in proceedings under this part. I will speak briefly on this, because it is important. Clause 49 makes provision for DAPO…10 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Sixth sitting)It is important to note that clause 66 contains important provisions that allow for exactly what we want to achieve. Turning to new clause 27 on the perpetrator strategy, I…10 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Sixth sitting)Yes, I think it would be and I think that is appropriate. One thing that certainly the criminal law has done over the last 20 years is start to recognise that people under the age…10 Jun 2020