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HANSARDJudiciary: IndependenceMy right hon. Friend tempts me along the path of debate about the constitution, and in particular the Constitutional Reform Act 2005. While I am always keen to engage in academic…08 Oct 2019HANSARD Domestic Abuse BillI am grateful for the hon. Lady’s persistence, because it has resulted in an important point. I assure her that the review is not just an internal review; it involves the sort of…02 Oct 2019HANSARD Domestic Abuse BillI will give way in a moment.02 Oct 2019HANSARD Domestic Abuse BillMay I just press on for a moment? Victims of domestic abuse just want it to stop. They do not want to live in constant fear in their own home or to be forced to flee to a place of…02 Oct 2019HANSARD Domestic Abuse BillI am grateful to my hon. Friend, who makes a new and important point in this debate, which I readily take on board. The police and crime commissioner for North Yorkshire has been…02 Oct 2019HANSARD Domestic Abuse BillMay I move on to deal with some other provisions in the Bill? I want to talk about the concept of financial abuse, which we have dealt with in interventions. I want the new…02 Oct 2019HANSARD Domestic Abuse BillThe hon. Lady is right about that. I am very hopeful that this Bill will allow us to tease out these issues and address the issue of secure accommodation for victims in abusive…02 Oct 2019HANSARD Domestic Abuse BillI am grateful to the hon. Lady for raising that matter. Of course that issue is subject to a current review. I do not just want to park it there, as an excuse to do nothing, as we…02 Oct 2019HANSARD Domestic Abuse BillMay I just move on to deal with the provisions in the Bill? I will be as generous as possible in taking interventions. As we know, the Bill introduces the first all-purpose…02 Oct 2019HANSARD Domestic Abuse BillThe hon. Gentleman makes a powerful point—one with which I am familiar—about the cycle of abuse and then criminality. Women whom I have met in Eastwood Park recently were in a…02 Oct 2019HANSARD Domestic Abuse BillThe hon. Lady rightly upbraids me, and I apologise. It is important and good that we now have domestic abuse advisers in every jobcentre, who can really help signpost and give…02 Oct 2019HANSARD Domestic Abuse BillThe hon. Lady has given a powerful illustration of the importance of this order, because it can be run alongside a criminal conviction. So even if there is a suspended sentence,…02 Oct 2019HANSARD Domestic Abuse BillMy right hon. Friend is making an important point about perpetrator programmes. I think she would agree that we have to be careful to ensure that programmes are tested and are the…02 Oct 2019HANSARD Domestic Abuse BillThe hon. Member for York Central (Rachael Maskell) has been very persistent, so I shall give way to her.02 Oct 2019HANSARD Domestic Abuse BillThe hon. Gentleman is right, and the definition does that. I look forward to more detailed debate to see how fully we can reflect the important point that he makes.02 Oct 2019HANSARD Domestic Abuse BillYes, the hon. Lady makes a very proper point. We wanted to get this moving now and get it in place so that the work could begin. I want to see and fully expect the post to become…02 Oct 2019HANSARD Domestic Abuse BillI beg to move, That the Bill be now read a Second time. I am mindful of the information with which you have kindly furnished the House, Mr Speaker. You will know that historically…02 Oct 2019HANSARD Domestic Abuse BillI am grateful to my hon. Friend, who is right to remind us at the get-go of the importance of a co-ordinated approach. All of us, including Members of Parliament, need to be…02 Oct 2019HANSARD Domestic Abuse BillI am grateful to the hon. Lady for raising that issue, and the Bill provides an opportunity to delve into it. It is important that we outline those principles on Second Reading.…02 Oct 2019HANSARD Domestic Abuse BillMay I make a little progress? As I have said, I will be as generous as I can. Can I take the House back 25 years to a case in the Crown court at Carmarthen that involved a young…02 Oct 2019