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HANSARDDraft Domestic Abuse Bill: Territorial ExtentI am very concerned to hear that, not least because I visited Cardiff a few months ago, as part of our domestic abuse consultation engagement events, to listen to people who are…30 Jan 2019HANSARDDraft Domestic Abuse Bill: Territorial ExtentI do not understand what the hon. Gentleman is trying to get to. I have already said that the Bill, like every piece of proposed legislation, has to go through what is called…30 Jan 2019HANSARDDraft Domestic Abuse Bill: Territorial ExtentAs the hon. Lady knows, the process is that any Bill that is introduced has to go through various Government committees to ensure, across Government, given that we have collective…30 Jan 2019HANSARDDraft Domestic Abuse Bill: Territorial ExtentI thank my hon. Friend. She is absolutely right to draw attention to elder abuse. The number of colleagues and other people who have contacted me since the launch of the draft…30 Jan 2019HANSARDDraft Domestic Abuse Bill: Territorial ExtentThe hon. Gentleman of course speaks for his constituency, and I am pleased to hear that he is urging others in Northern Ireland to get back around the table and help to deal with…30 Jan 2019HANSARDDraft Domestic Abuse Bill: Territorial ExtentThe landmark draft Domestic Abuse Bill, which we published last week, will help to transform the response to these horrific crimes. It is aimed at supporting victims and their…30 Jan 2019HANSARDDraft Domestic Abuse Bill: Territorial ExtentHome should be a place of safety and love, and yet for 2 million people in this country a year, that is not the case. That is why we are introducing this unprecedented Bill, to…30 Jan 2019HANSARDDraft Domestic Abuse Bill: Territorial ExtentI am very grateful to the hon. and learned Lady for her astute and concise analysis of the legal position. May I put on the record the UK Government’s thanks to the Scottish…30 Jan 2019HANSARDDraft Domestic Abuse Bill: Territorial ExtentVery much so. I am grateful to my hon. Friend for setting out the political complexities of this, but also the impacts on people living in Northern Ireland. Again, I am not sure…30 Jan 2019HANSARDDraft Domestic Abuse Bill: Territorial ExtentI am extremely grateful to the hon. Lady, and I note her campaign on the particular issue of abortion and the decriminalisation of the law regarding abortion. At the risk of…30 Jan 2019HANSARDDraft Domestic Abuse Bill: Territorial ExtentI thank my hon. Friend for her question. She demonstrates the range and depth of views, and the passion with which they are held, across the House on this topic of abortion. I am…30 Jan 2019HANSARDDraft Domestic Abuse Bill: Territorial ExtentI thank the hon. Lady for her kind comments. She has perhaps recognised the situation in which we find ourselves, in that these matters have been devolved. I go back to the point…30 Jan 2019HANSARDDraft Domestic Abuse Bill: Territorial ExtentI am grateful to my hon. Friend. I know that he works on a wide range of issues tackling violence against women and girls. First, on the case that he referred to—I do not want to…30 Jan 2019HANSARDDraft Domestic Abuse Bill: Territorial ExtentI am extremely grateful to the hon. Lady, who needs no introduction in terms of her experience and expertise in this area. On expanding the Bill to alter the immigration status,…30 Jan 2019HANSARDDraft Domestic Abuse Bill: Territorial ExtentAs this Bill passes through pre-legislative scrutiny, but also through this House and the other place, I hope the message will go out to people who are not perhaps as passionate…30 Jan 2019HANSARDDraft Domestic Abuse Bill: Territorial ExtentI am extremely grateful to my right hon. Friend for raising that issue. I know how passionately she has worked to help the victims of domestic abuse, not only in this place, but…30 Jan 2019HANSARDDraft Domestic Abuse Bill: Territorial ExtentMy hon. Friend is absolutely right, and I am particularly grateful to her for pointing out that, although the vast majority of victims are female—indeed, of the 2 million people…30 Jan 2019HANSARDKnife CrimeIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Graham. I thank the hon. Member for Leyton and Wanstead (John Cryer) for securing this extremely important debate. I thank…24 Jan 2019HANSARDDraft Equality (Amendment and Revocation) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Equality (Amendment and Revocation) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir…22 Jan 2019HANSARDDraft Equality (Amendment and Revocation) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018I am grateful for that nudge, Sir Graham. I thank the hon. Lady for her response and for her support for the regulations. If I may—taking the Chair’s guidance to heart—I will…22 Jan 2019