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HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Ninth sitting)I beg to move amendment 55, in clause 66, page 49, line 42, after “children” insert “; (c) the support employers should provide to victims of domestic abuse, including through the…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 apologise at the outset, because the new clause contains rather technical legalese and quite graphic language. The purpose of the new clauses is to correct the inadequate way in…16 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Tenth sitting)I once again stand here as the right hon. and learned Member for Camberwell and Peckham and the Member for Wyre Forest. I merely speak to the new clauses, although with…16 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Tenth sitting)I deeply respect that the Minister is reading out exactly what should happen, but has he ever tried to get money out of the CMS for one of his constituents?16 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Tenth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. We all know that domestic abuse disproportionately impacts on women. I think pretty much everyone who has stood to speak in…16 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Seventh sitting)Absolutely. I have talked about my love of section 17 of the Children Act—I love to turn to a law. Had those issues been left to regulation, they would have been the…11 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Eighth sitting)I simply want to welcome specifically the terminology of “habitual resident” within the UK. The Minister and I have met a number of different families over the years who have…11 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Eighth sitting)I welcome what the Minister is saying, but on the specific instances he is outlining of who exactly would be able to assess this, does he foresee an element of the judge’s…11 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Eighth sitting)The Minister says that the report will be published in the coming weeks. Does he expect that we will see it prior to Report stage of the Bill, or potentially prior to Committee…11 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Eighth sitting)Perhaps I am being a bit premature, but I look forward to the progress on that, because the sectors have been crying out for the integration of different court systems for years…11 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Eighth sitting)I will speak to new clause 45, which has been grouped with the amendment. I support everything the hon. Lady has just said. I will not repeat much of what she has said about the…11 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Eighth sitting)I will not speak for long. We have already gone over lots of what is in this amendment, including in the large and wide-ranging debate we had on part 4 of the Bill. Some of what…11 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Eighth sitting)I beg to move amendment 81, in clause 56, page 36, line 22, at end insert— “(2A) Before issuing guidance under this section the Secretary of State must lay a draft of the guidance…11 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Seventh sitting)I will not keep Members for a long time, and I recognise the Minister’s generosity towards other members of the Committee. She has not covered some of the issues that she said she…11 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Seventh sitting)I thank the Minister for allowing me to intervene again—this is almost greedy on my part. She was talking about all the organisations that took part and what they said about what…11 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Seventh sitting)Will the Minister elaborate on that point and say in which CCG areas that would not be appropriate? She is saying that certain CCGs, for whatever reason, would not have to provide…11 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Seventh sitting)I thank the Minister for picking up that point. The point that I wanted to pick up on was her two uses of the phrase “in some cases CCGs”. Would it not be nice if it were “in all…11 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Seventh sitting)I absolutely agree with the hon. Lady from Scotland, which is not currently covered by the Bill. The Home Office is, of course, in charge of the policy that covers Scotland with…11 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Seventh sitting)Absolutely—the hon. Lady makes an important point. Constituents of mine, because of the accommodation that is provided under the contracts for refugees in this country, have moved…11 Jun 2020