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HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Second sitting)Q You say that you have been failed by the system, but could you give us some specific areas where the system does not actually exist for you? You cannot be failed by a system…04 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Second sitting)Q Saliha, you heard the previous question from my colleague about referred services. Since you advocate for other people as well, is it your experience that referred services are…04 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Second sitting)Q Ellie, you will often be the first point of call when people call the helpline. What are the barriers to support that go beyond the helpline? Ellie Butt: The national domestic…04 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Second sitting)Q With regards to the commissioner, everyone in this room shares your sense of excitement about the creation of the role and pleasure that the appointment has been made. How…04 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Second sitting)Q When you look at the legislation as it stands, do you feel it goes far enough? Would you ideally like a commissioner who is freer from Government and reports elsewhere? Ellie…04 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Second sitting)Q My final question to Suzanne is about cross-examination in family courts. It is a bit strange speaking out into the ether, but I know you are there somewhere, Suzanne. The…04 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Second sitting)Q Obviously the conversation we are having is framed around the Bill, because we are starting the process of the Bill Committee. There is a lot more that you want in terms of…04 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Second sitting)Q The commissioner would have the power to make recommendations to other Government Departments. Although not everything is mentioned in the Bill, there is a vehicle for taking…04 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Second sitting)Q Is that diminution because of the normalisation of that, or the frequency? Why would that happen? Lyndsey Dearlove : It is about prioritisation. It is about capacity. It is…04 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Second sitting)Q So we need something that is unignorable? Part of that is about creating the opportunity for it, and part of it is making sure that the vehicle that is created is filled by the…04 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (First sitting)Q Thank you, Mr Bone, and thank you, Nicole, for coming in; we all greatly appreciate it. The issue of domestic abuse has had strong advocates in Parliament for a long time, and…04 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (First sitting)Q So independence impacts the way you do your job, but presumably it also impacts the way you are perceived by the people for whom you advocate. Abuse victims and survivors need…04 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (First sitting)Q Reading your evidence last night, one can sense the weariness of the frequency with which you have had to feed information in for a very long time. This is a fresh opportunity.…04 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Second sitting)Q Thank you for coming today. As an individual, as a mother to British children and as a victim, have you at any point felt that the British Government and the British state is on…04 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Second sitting)Q Thank you. Saliha, do you have anything to add on that same point? Saliha Rashid: Quite commonly, across the board in terms of the group that I am here to represent, we have…04 Jun 2020HANSARDProceedings during the PandemicWhat we have seen from the Leader of the House’s performance today so far is the characteristic we have seen from the Government since the start: bending the rules to fit their…02 Jun 2020HANSARDProceedings during the PandemicI am grateful, Madam Deputy Speaker, and this will be the last time. When the right hon. Gentleman introduced the motion that delivered the virtual Parliament—the hybrid…02 Jun 2020HANSARDProceedings during the PandemicSome of the most respected Members of this House have been silenced by their inability to be here. I have spoken to some of them and asked for words to share so that their voices…02 Jun 2020HANSARDProceedings during the Pandemicrose—02 Jun 2020HANSARDLifting the Lockdown: Workplace SafetySupplies of PPE are still extremely tightly constrained. What are the Government doing to ensure that when employers start to buy face masks and other equipment to keep their…06 May 2020