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HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Second sitting)Q Are you currently expected to pay any premium to use the health service? Somiya Basar: Yes. Had it not been for Southall Black Sisters supporting me with their own funds and…04 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Second sitting)Q Do your children have access to any support about the situation that they have been in throughout their childhood? You might not know, but are they able to get any support…04 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Second sitting)Q So you went as a victim of domestic abuse and the police told you that there would be no accommodation for you and that, because your status was unsettled, you actually now had…04 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Second sitting)Q Who said that to you? Gilmara Garcia: A police officer—We cannot help you because we don’t have responsibility for you.” I showed what had happened to me and explained that I…04 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Second sitting)You take as long as you need. Gilmara Garcia: I went to request help, and they said, “We cannot help you.”04 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Second sitting)What happened when you tried to get help? Gilmara Garcia: It happened. The first phrase toward me was— [ Interruption. ] Just a minute. It does not matter how many times we repeat…04 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Second sitting)Q Just so that we have the story right, you came here with a partner who had promised you that you would settle here and that your status would become settled. He began to abuse…04 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Second sitting)The threats? Gilmara Garcia: He said, “I will report you if you don’t follow my rules. You will be returned to your country. Forget about our daughter, because now she is British.”04 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Second sitting)Q Tell us about how you tried to get help when your abuse started to happen in the UK. Gilmara Garcia: At first when it started, it was emotional abuse. I did not understand that…04 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Second sitting)Q But you came to the country completely legally? Gilmara Garcia: Completely legally, yes.04 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Second sitting)Q When you came over, what visa did you come in on? Gilmara Garcia: We came—four Brazilians—but my former partner had held a British passport. When we were settled, he said, “I…04 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Second sitting)So you slept rough with your children? Gilmara Garcia: Child.04 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Second sitting)Q Where did you come from? Gilmara Garcia: Brazil.04 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Second sitting)Q Tell us a little about your experiences and what led you to need to report. Gilmara Garcia: I came four years ago to the UK as part of a family—me, my former partner and two…04 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Second sitting)Q Thank you very much for coming in. I am just going to ask you a few questions about your experiences of the system. What are the main barriers that you have faced in getting the…04 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Second sitting)Q And MARAC—multi-agency risk assessment conference. From your experience in the areas where you operate, if a child living outside of a refuge—let us say, a high-risk MARAC…04 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Second sitting)Both of them. Okay, great. Lyndsey Dearlove: And MARAC.04 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Second sitting)And community support? Lyndsey Dearlove: Yes, we do.04 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Second sitting)Q From your experience as a provider of services—you provide refuge accommodation, is that correct? Lyndsey Dearlove: Yes, we do.04 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Second sitting)Q Thank you. Quickly to Lyndsey, I think that Hestia are specifically looking at some of the issues around children in the Domestic Abuse Bill, if I remember the 17,000 briefings…04 Jun 2020