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HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Ninth sitting)I thank the Minister. If anyone in this room were faced with an employee—and I have been in this situation a number of times—going through a court case, I cannot imagine that…16 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Ninth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.16 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Tenth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.16 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Ninth sitting)I rise to speak not with my own voice, but with those of my right hon. and learned Friend the Member for Camberwell and Peckham (Ms Harman) and the hon. Member for Wyre Forest…16 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Ninth sitting)I could not agree more, and thank the hon. Lady for her intervention. Any opportunity to get women’s names on the record, especially those who have died, is absolutely fine with…16 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Ninth sitting)I absolutely share the hon. Lady’s frustrations. The truth of the matter is that we are talking about specific cases where this defence could easily be leaned on, and we are…16 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Tenth sitting)There is absolutely no doubt about it, and a good jobcentre worker is worth their absolute weight in gold. I have a gold star system for the ones in my local jobcentre, who are…16 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Ninth sitting)Absolutely. Even just from a personal perspective, the idea of my parents having to listen to conversations about me having sex at all is a harrowing thought, but we are talking…16 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Ninth sitting)Like the hon. Gentleman, I have been involved in a number of murder cases, and he is right that family liaison officers are worth their weight in gold. Does he think that there…16 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Tenth sitting)Can the Minister not see the problem with a woman going in and asking for a split payment, and then returning home that evening?16 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Tenth sitting)Often the words that get read out bear no relation to the experience that we feel on the ground, whether as a benefit claimant or and as somebody supporting benefit claimants.…16 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Tenth sitting)I understand, but about a year ago, I asked how many people had asked for split payments, and obviously the answer was, “We don’t collect that data”—the Government literally were…16 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Tenth sitting)These new clauses are about child and school admissions and NHS waiting list, and we heard compelling evidence about that from Hestia at the evidence session. They are about the…16 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Tenth sitting)All these new clauses deal with welfare provision and the multitude of ways that the benefits system currently prejudices victims of domestic abuse. I will first speak to new…16 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Tenth sitting)I thank the Minister. I know that she fundamentally wants a system in which commissioning is gendered and recognises the fact that the vast majority of these crimes happen to…16 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Ninth sitting)I will withdraw the new clause. I am very pleased to hear that there is an intention to deal with the matter on Report, and I speak entirely for the hon. Member for Wyre Forest…16 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Tenth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.16 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Tenth sitting)I thank the Minister for her comments and welcome what she has outlined with regard to school places. She is right that we are talking about in-year school placements in the vast…16 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Ninth sitting)The Minister used the term “all victims”. Does the new clause cover those victims who are working in this country but have no recourse to public funds?16 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Tenth sitting)Other than Wales.16 Jun 2020