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HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill17 Mar 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillI thank noble Lords and all who spoke in support of this amendment. I was puzzled by the intervention of the noble Baroness, Lady Fox, because most of it did not seem to be…17 Mar 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill17 Mar 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett of Manor Castle, for tabling the amendment, which I support on three grounds. First, and perhaps most important, I support it on…15 Mar 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillMy Lords, I wish to address just three issues in support of these amendments, which have been moved so powerfully. First, in Committee the Minister argued that the DDVC and…15 Mar 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillI thank the Minister for her very full reply. She said, rightly, that I had pressed her and that there was no intention to park the issue, but what I really pressed her on was an…15 Mar 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillMy Lords, it is with great pleasure that I introduce Amendment 45 and consequential amendments, with the support of the noble Baronesses, Lady Williams of Trafford—it is not often…10 Mar 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillMy Lords, before the Question is put on Amendment 45, I first pay tribute to the noble Baroness, Lady Campbell of Surbiton, who is my noble friend, and the noble Baroness, Lady…10 Mar 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill10 Mar 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillMy Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have spoken in this debate, and also the Minister. Noble Lords have enriched the arguments but, given the time, I will not go over what they…08 Mar 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillMy Lords, Amendment 10 heads up a group of amendments on social security which I will introduce, focusing on those in my name. When I originally tabled them in Committee, I wanted…08 Mar 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill08 Mar 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillMy Lords, I very much appreciate the Minister’s sensitive response to the amendment, but I asked her two questions and I do not think she really answered them. First, when all the…10 Feb 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillMy Lords, Amendment 185 in my name is a modest, simple amendment that would require the statutory guidance to take account of the Government’s violence against women and girls…10 Feb 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill08 Feb 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillMy Lords, Amendment 149 would protect those who were previously personally connected to an abuser from any coercive or controlling behaviour—including, in particular, economic…08 Feb 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillMy Lords, it has been a privilege and an honour to move this amendment which has had such great support from across the House and in particular an unusual level of support from…08 Feb 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillMy Lords, as I and many others said at Second Reading, the biggest hole in the Bill is its failure to make any provision for migrant women—a group of domestic abuse survivors who…08 Feb 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillMy Lords, I was pleased to add my name to Amendment 101, which in some ways follows on from my group of amendments on social security, debated last Wednesday. If we had a decent…01 Feb 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillMy Lords, the Minister gave the arguments that were given when the Social Fund was replaced by local welfare assistance schemes. Can she explain how the one in seven local…01 Feb 2021