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HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Seventh sitting)How do we stop—I quote someone’s email—an “HMO daddy”? How do we stop them claiming to offer all of those things? What will we put in place that is beyond what is currently in…11 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Eighth sitting)I beg to move amendment 52, in clause 64, page 47, line 15, at end insert— “(1A) Before issuing guidance under this section, the Secretary of State must undertake a comprehensive…11 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Seventh sitting)Will the Minister give way?11 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Seventh sitting)I again thank the Minister, but with the greatest respect to the Secretary of State, unless something is written into the Bill, I do not know whether she will agree with what I am…11 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Seventh sitting)I absolutely agree, and I have no reason to doubt that there will be transparency in drawing up the regulations. However, I am not entirely sure why we cannot include in the Bill…11 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Seventh sitting)Hope springs eternal for what I am covering here being in the regulations. Had we seen the regulations, we would not have to debate whether it is going to be in them. Unless the…11 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Seventh sitting)Absolutely. Sheldon police station is no longer a police station, and there is now a planning application for it to become temporary accommodation. To return to the debate, police…11 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Seventh sitting)There is a huge number of different proposals in this group. I have tabled two alternative options with respect to part 4 of the Bill, and there is an element of cross-over.…11 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Eighth sitting)Is one reason why Lobby journalists and other journalists did not believe it potentially because of the deep secrecy about what occurs in family courts? In the case of the…11 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Seventh sitting)I beg to move amendment 67, in clause 53, page 34, line 23, after “area,” insert— “by all persons affected by domestic abuse regardless of status, duly taking into account the…11 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Eighth sitting)I am indeed content. I look forward to working with the Minister to ensure that the law—it bears somebody’s name and is their legacy—truly does what Clare’s family wish it to do.…11 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Eighth sitting)The domestic violence disclosure scheme, which I will refer to from this moment forward as Clare’s law, was introduced in 2014 after Clare Wood was murdered by her ex-boyfriend,…11 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Fifth sitting)There is absolutely no sense that anybody here wishes to undermine the commissioners—we also work with those commissioners. We wish to empower them. We are concerned about…10 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Fifth sitting)We went over this extensively yesterday. I just want complete clarity for the record—don’t worry, I will not go on for 50 minutes, although I could. I want to feel absolutely…10 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Fifth sitting)I feel I have been remiss in not having yet said that it is an absolute pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Bone, as others have. I will not start with an inspirational…10 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Fifth sitting)I beg to move amendment 56, in clause 20, page 13, line 8, after “lives”, insert “or works.” This amendment would ensure that those giving Domestic Abuse Protection notices have…10 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Fifth sitting)I am not suggesting that it is not—10 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Fifth sitting)That is a deeply important thing. For my constituents, it would take four minutes to drive across if there was no traffic, so that is not such an issue. It will definitely lead to…10 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Fifth sitting)I do appreciate the back and forth of this forum. I am pleased to hear that about the guidance. Will there be some overview to check whether that training has been done? What body…10 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Fifth sitting)We got here quickly—we are a bit quicker today, aren’t we? I realise that is my responsibility, so maybe we will not be quick anymore. The amendments would expand the DAPO to…10 Jun 2020