Domestic Abuse Bill. Committee stage ninth sitting.

Clause 66, discussed with Government new clause 16 (Homelessness: victims of domestic abuse), Government amendments, and new clause 13 (Homelessness and domestic abuse), agreed to as amended. Government amendments made to clauses 67 and 68. Clauses 67 and 68 agreed to as amended. Clauses 69 and 70 agreed to. Government amendment made to clause 71. Clause 71 agreed to as amended. Clause 72 agreed to. Government new clause 15 (Consequential amendments of the Sentencing Code) agreed to. Government new clause 16 (Homelessness: victims of domestic abuse) agreed to. New clause 4 (No defence for consent to death), discussed with new clause 5 (No defence for consent to injury), new clause 6 (Consent of Director of Public Prosecutions), new clause 7 (Director of Public Prosecutions consultation with victim’s family in domestic homicides), new clause 10 (Prohibition of reference to sexual history of the deceased in domestic homicide trials), new clause 11 (Anonymity for victims in domestic homicides), and new clause 14 (Anonymity of domestic abuse survivors in criminal proceedings), debated and withdrawn.