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HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillMy Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have made extremely knowledgeable contributions. I thought that there would be experts on the Benches on all sides of the House, and I have…10 Feb 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillMy Lords, I am exceedingly grateful to the noble Lords, Lord Young of Cookham and Lord Kennedy of Southwark, and the noble Baroness, Lady Deech, for supporting this amendment and…10 Feb 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill10 Feb 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillMy Lords, I am grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Lister of Burtersett, and other noble Lords for bringing Amendment 149, and to Surviving Economic Abuse. I support both…08 Feb 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillMy Lords, I am grateful to the speakers who have contributed to this short but, as the Minister says, important debate. The noble Baroness, Lady Jones, spoke very supportively…08 Feb 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Russell, for his very clear introduction and explanation, and the noble Baroness, Lady Bull, for her description of misogyny. As we have…08 Feb 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillMy Lords, these are two good rounding-out amendments, well argued for by all speakers, and I fully support them both. Like the noble Lord, Lord Kennedy of Southwark, I would have…08 Feb 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillI support the amendments in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Ramsbotham, which he spoke to so convincingly. Amendment 155 deals with screening for traumatic brain injury for…08 Feb 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill08 Feb 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillMy Lords, I am very grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Jones of Moulsecoomb, for adding her support to this amendment, in which we return to the issue of economic coercive…08 Feb 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillMy Lords, there has been a varied response to the Bill. What has come out of it is that nothing is as simple as it might appear in situations of the kind described. The somewhat…03 Feb 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillMy Lords, I commend the noble Baroness, Lady Newlove—and other noble Lords, but particularly she—on her determination and her excellent speech in explaining the horrific nature of…03 Feb 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillMy Lords, Amendment 101 is the first in a group of amendments concerned with ensuring that local authorities can help local victims of domestic abuse and their children, and other…01 Feb 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillMy Lords, I too was delighted to add my name to this amendment. The noble Baroness, Lady Finlay, has already made an excellent case for why all child contact centres should be…01 Feb 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill01 Feb 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillI thank all noble Lords for this wide-ranging and well-informed debate. I promise not to detain noble Lords, but I sense a groundswell of support from all sides of the House and…01 Feb 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillMy Lords, this has been a thorough and wide-ranging debate. I support all the amendments under consideration in this group. Part of the downside of speaking last is that most of…01 Feb 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillMy Lords, this is a small amendment but nevertheless it is definitely a point worth making. I was not privy to the debate last week, but my reading of the amendment was that it…01 Feb 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillMy Lords, I am delighted to support this hugely important amendment. Public authorities of all kinds should be involved in identifying, signposting and providing services for…27 Jan 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillMy Lords, I thank everyone who has participated in this short debate. Some of the statistics cited are absolutely fascinating, as are the insights that noble Lords are able to…27 Jan 2021