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HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Eleventh sitting)That is not what has been outlined. It has already been clearly stated that provisions in the Mental Capacity Act 2005 would allow for that exact defence. Also, can the Minister…17 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Eleventh sitting)Why does the Minister not think that the courts and juries can be trusted on the rough sex defence?17 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Eleventh sitting)It is the same.17 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Eleventh sitting)I will discuss some of the potential foibles of the 2015 Act, which we have already mentioned. I say graciously before I start that Parliament does not always get everything…17 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Eleventh sitting)I love a review.17 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Eleventh sitting)It certainly is. In these circumstances, people turning up to my office, having forked out £5,000 for a form that they could definitely have filled in by themselves, even if…17 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Eleventh sitting)Absolutely, and I feel that I have the ear of the Minister in this particular regard. The case is quite clear to me; in the circumstances he has outlined, he is absolutely right.…17 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Eleventh sitting)I appreciate that, and I hope that that would happen in these cases. However, the cases that I am sure will inform the review that the Minister talks about show people often left…17 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Eleventh sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.17 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Eleventh sitting)There is a lot of me today, Mr Bone. Today we will discuss the issue that has come up every single day that we have sat in Committee. It will come up every single day in between…17 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Eleventh sitting)Absolutely. I will no doubt come on to the issue of discrimination, but all I would say on that matter is that we have a chance in the Bill to say that all victims and all lives…17 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Eleventh sitting)Absolutely, I have absolutely no doubt that today in this building there is somebody serving us coffee or doing something of service who has no recourse to public funds and is…17 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Eleventh sitting)I absolutely do think that, but obviously not all of them, by any stretch of the imagination. We were told that we were taking back control, but the only thing I feel we actually…17 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Eleventh sitting)I absolutely agree. I love the DDVC and what I am asking for is business as usual for the people serving coffee. I want the situation to be business as usual for everyone.…17 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Eleventh sitting)It would be perfectly reasonable for the Government to put in safeguards for evidence in any case, just like the evidential base that we currently have for legal aid in the system…17 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Eleventh sitting)I am not wholly sure that we will be hearing from all the immigration solicitors that I have come across in my life. I think there is a definite problem in the system with regard…17 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Eleventh sitting)Of course I do, and quite a lot of data has been gathered. It is funny, though, that we are asking for data on some things but not others. Women’s Aid holds at least as much data…17 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Eleventh sitting)I absolutely agree. We have a duty in this place to remove the most pernicious barriers that survivors face in escaping abuse. We can ensure that, in an emergency, every survivor…17 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Eleventh sitting)Personally, Minister, I do not care how people came into the country if they have been beaten up. Anyway, with regard to asylum, when the Minister states here in front of the…17 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Eleventh sitting)If the Minister would like me to intervene again, and tell her what support is—17 Jun 2020