Domestic Abuse Bill

My Lords, this has been a heck of a long time coming, and so many victims, particularly during th...

My Lords, the Domestic Abuse Bill is welcome legislation and long overdue. I want to begin by tha...

I am sorry to interrupt, but could I remind noble Lords of the four-minute advisory speaking limi...

I am stopping, my Lords.

Local authorities carry out care needs assessments for people need...

My Lords, this Bill brings us transformative legislation and gives us the opportunity to transfor...

My Lords, I welcome the opportunity for the House to consider this Bill, which we now know is eve...

Sorry, the noble Baroness has already taken four minutes.

I am really sorry. Basically, if we can make sure that everyone is trained who sees a woman with ...

I am very pleased indeed to follow my noble friend Lady Armstrong and commend the work that she h...

My Lords, I am glad to contribute to this vital debate and I draw attention to my interests as pr...

My Lords, I draw attention to my interest as an adviser to Grayling, which advises a well-known o...

My Lords, we live in a patriarchal, male-dominated society where, on average, men are physically ...

My Lords, this Bill is an important milestone in Parliament’s response to domestic abuse. I invit...

My Lords, this Bill touches on many sensitive subjects and as the noble Lord, Lord Young of Cookh...

I once asked an experienced police officer with over 20 years of service on the front line: if he...

My Lords, I too welcome the Bill and pay tribute to all who have contributed to it, including org...

My Lords, this Bill offers hope and help to all those who face the soul-destroying horror of dome...

My Lords, while I welcome the important step that the Government took in July, ensuring that the ...

My Lords, I declare my interests as set out in the register. We are discussing a very good Bill, ...

My Lords, there have been many eloquent speeches this afternoon, and I, like others in your Lords...

My Lords, I welcome the Bill and the opportunity it gives to improve the position of victims of d...

My Lords, for all five years of the coalition, I was the Government’s ministerial champion for ta...

My Lords, I draw attention to my interests as outlined in the register. I welcome this Bill, whic...

My Lords, I declare my interest as a vice-president of the Local Government Association. In four ...

My Lords, I commend the Government for bringing forward this Bill and for tabling what is now Cla...

My Lords, I am pleased that this Bill is finally before us. Although I welcome the Bill, as it st...

My Lords, I welcome any legislation which is designed to increase awareness of domestic abuse and...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Dholakia, who made some excellent point...

My Lords, I start by congratulating the Government on the progress that has been made with this B...

My Lords, I add my support for this Bill and the fulfilment of our manifesto pledge to support al...

Is the noble Baroness about to conclude her remarks?

If the Bill is to be about anything, it needs to be about breaking the cycle of violence. I congr...

My Lords, I welcome the work of the Minister in campaigning against domestic violence. While it i...

My Lords, I welcome the Bill, with much in it that will transform services for women and their ch...

My Lords, I, too, welcome this Bill. As others have said, the pandemic has highlighted the urgent...

My Lords, I declare my vice-presidency of the LGA. I very much welcome this Bill. It brings forwa...

My Lords, I have often spoken in this House about the need for a more comprehensive and nuanced a...

The noble Lord, Lord Young of Cookham, mentioned that, nearly 50 years ago, the first women’s ref...

My Lords, I congratulate everybody who has brought the Bill to this point: first, of course, the ...

My Lords, given this Government’s abysmal performance in much of what they touch, particularly th...

My Lords, I am grateful to follow in the footsteps of Members from all sides here and in the othe...

My Lords, this has been a very depressing debate. I had thought that maybe our record of domestic...

My Lords, indeed, victims and survivors are not alone. I also welcome this Bill, which has enormo...

My Lords, Stronger with Music is a campaign to end domestic violence and empower women and childr...

My Lords, it is an honour to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Benjamin. I congratulate the Ministe...

I am sorry, but my noble friend has exceeded her four minutes.

5.36 pm

My Lords, I support this Bill, though there are yawning gaps which need to be filled—I am sure th...

My Lords, I very much agree with what the noble Baroness, Lady Deech, said about the threat to di...

My Lords, this Bill really has been a long time in the making, but the problem it addresses is as...

My Lords, I refer to my interest in the register as the chair of UN Women UK. I ask my noble frie...

My Lords, regrettably, the Bill is symptomatic of some of the more distressing features that we f...

My Lords, in December 2016 I was a signatory to a Private Member’s Bill in the other place urging...

My Lords, like so many others, I am going to focus my remarks today on the effects of domestic ab...

My Lords, this year marks the 10th anniversary of the Istanbul convention, formulated by the Coun...

My Lords, I join other noble Lords in welcoming this Bill. As we descend into what we know will b...

My Lords, we have already heard today how the pandemic has escalated an existing crisis of domest...

My Lords, I welcome the ambition and scope of the Bill in highlighting people’s awareness and, im...

My Lords, I want to highlight some of the problems with our social security system that exacerbat...

My Lords, the intention behind this Bill is wholly welcome. As my noble friend the Minister said ...

Over the last 20 years, there has been a vast increase in awareness of the seriousness and extent...

My Lords, I add my support for this Bill to that of my noble friends and colleagues across the Ho...

My Lords, I will add my voice to those who have already welcomed this Bill while also, in the bri...

My Lords, I welcome the Domestic Abuse Bill and the Minister’s commitment to it, along with my no...

My Lords, one of the important ways in which this Bill was enhanced in another place was through ...

The noble Lord, Lord Ramsbotham, has withdrawn, so I call the noble Baroness, Lady Kennedy of The...

My Lords, like others in this House, I have been involved in seeking reform of the law on domesti...

My Lords, this Bill is important and women need it. We have made substantial progress in addressi...

My Lords, when I reviewed the terrorism laws I often used to reflect on domestic violence and abu...

My Lords, this might be a sensible point in proceedings to take a short break. I beg to move that...

My Lords, I too wish to welcome the Bill, which has received such widespread support. The Governm...

The next speaker, I hope, is the noble and learned Lord, Lord Morris of Aberavon. We cannot hear ...

Lord Morris, you need to unmute.

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We cannot hear him. I call the next speaker, the noble Baroness, Lady Altmann.

7.24 pm

My Lords, I too welcome this Bill and congratulate my noble friend on her excellent introduction....

My Lords, I am extremely pleased to be able to be part of this historic debate tonight. It brings...

My Lords, I welcome the Bill and hope that we can make it even better in delivering the Governmen...

My Lords, I am glad to be here to discuss such an important piece of legislation. It needs to be ...

My Lords, I fully support the Bill and welcome the Government’s commitment to tackling domestic a...

My Lords, I declare my interest as a patron of the Daisy Programme, a project for survivors of do...

My Lords, I welcome this Bill. I congratulate the Minister on her excellent introduction and my n...

My Lords, first, I pay tribute to the right honourable Theresa May for introducing this Bill. She...

My Lords, I declare my interest as chair of the Commission on Alcohol Harm. Countless victims kno...

My Lords, I greatly welcome the Bill and hope that in her response the Minister can indicate that...

My Lords, I intend to be brief. Dealing with numerous cases of domestic abuse spanning 35 years i...

My Lords, I draw your Lordships’ attention to my entry on the register of interests. I am delight...

My Lords, first, I am delighted to see my noble friend Lord Young of Cookham back in his place. I...

My Lords, like many noble Lords, I have found this a moving and extraordinarily well-informed deb...

My Lords, the Bill seeks to increase awareness of domestic abuse, support for victims and the eff...

My Lords, I declare my interest as a deputy chairman of the Human Trafficking Foundation. As we h...

My Lords, the arrival of this Bill in the House, slow as it has been, is a huge victory for campa...

I now call the noble Baroness, Lady Massey of Darwen.

I think there are some technical problems in reaching the noble Baroness, Lady Massey of Darwen, ...

I call the noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh.

8.30 pm

I welcome this Bill most warmly and congratulate my noble friend Lady Williams on introducing the...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baronesses, Lady Bennett and Lady McIntosh. I am v...

Many noble Lords in this excellent debate have referred to the change in culture and public debat...

My Lords, domestic abuse is abhorrent—a cowardly offence which takes place behind closed doors an...

My Lords, the noble and learned Lord, Lord Morris of Aberavon, and the noble Baroness, Lady Masse...

My Lords, this is a modest but nevertheless important Bill, which received cross-party support in...

The noble and learned Lord is going considerably over the advisory four minutes, so perhaps he wo...

[Inaudible] responsibility of work in practice. I close with those remarks and will come back to ...

My Lords, I am delighted to have finally entered the debate, and delighted that this important Bi...

My Lords, I look forward to working on a Bill welcomed across the House, although we must not let...

My Lords, I am privileged for the first time in my shadow Front-Bench portfolio to wind up the de...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords for what I think has been one of the most thoughtful debates I ...