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HANSARDTopical QuestionsI would of course be happy to meet my hon. Friend. Women who have survived trafficking or sexual abuse are detained only when the evidence of vulnerability in their individual…13 Dec 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (First sitting)Q On that, the principal conclusion of Clare Wade’s report was that coercive control underpins most domestic abuse. Do you think that if there were consistency in the application…12 Dec 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Second sitting)Okay. That is all from me.12 Dec 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (First sitting)Q You have already answered the question about domestic homicide at the end of a relationship. On a point of clarification, may I ask you about the right of the chief constable to…12 Dec 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Second sitting)I will have to revert to the Committee on the answer to that, because I actually do not know. Dame Vera Baird: Anyway, I am not supposed to ask you questions— [ Laughter. ]12 Dec 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Second sitting)Q I just want to pick up on one point about the suspension issue that Jess Phillips, who is no longer in her place, was raising with you, because I did not totally understand your…12 Dec 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Second sitting)Q That does engage quite a significant issue because it is so different from what would happen in the ordinary workplace. Under the Employment Rights Act 1996, let us say an…12 Dec 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Second sitting)Q But what if it was just sexual harassment? Andy Marsh: Then they are very likely to be suspended, and I am really happy to write to the Committee and share the guidance and…12 Dec 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Second sitting)Q I am not putting you on the spot; I am just trying to establish where the threshold sits. Andy Marsh: It is very low. If I was accused of any form of domestic abuse, verbal or…12 Dec 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Second sitting)Okay, thank you.12 Dec 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Second sitting)Q I just wanted to clarify something. A statutory instrument is going through the Lords today on coercive control as both an aggravating factor and a mitigating factor, to deal…12 Dec 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Second sitting)Q What difference do you think it will make when that person is out of custody? Dame Vera Baird: It is a strict regime and it is very carefully managed. The probation service is…12 Dec 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Second sitting)Q In relation to that, just because it is not possible to look at domestic abuse without being a bit more holistic, how do you think domestic abuse protection orders, when they…12 Dec 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Second sitting)Q Just to be clear, is your view basically that the police response needs to be more uniform, rather than we need a distinct offence? Harvey Redgrave: In general, the Bill…12 Dec 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Second sitting)A DAPO does allow GPS monitoring, for example. Dame Vera Baird: That is an improvement on the current model. There will have to be close working between those who apply for the…12 Dec 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Second sitting)Lord Bellamy, today in the Lords— Dame Vera Baird: Yes, that is really good to hear, but these are going into statute. Why is the protection for women only going into a statutory…12 Dec 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (First sitting)Q Baroness Newlove, on the antisocial behaviour suite of legislative measures, I wanted to ask you about the clause 71 provisions: “Reviews of responses to complaints about…12 Dec 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (First sitting)Q Do you think the review-type arrangement—the engagement by the local policing body and more widely—is better at addressing, for the victim, that sense of their voice not being…12 Dec 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Second sitting)Q No, that is fine. Just going back a bit, I am interested, as you can tell, in the combination of the MAPPA management and the DAPO scheme; we are at the brink of its inception.…12 Dec 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Second sitting)Thank you. That is all I had.12 Dec 2023