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Domestic Abuse Bill

Committee of the Whole House (HL) and Debate on bills on Wednesday, 3 February 2021, in the House of Lords.
Lords committee stage (day four). Clause 62, amendment 109 debated and withdrawn. Amendments 110-113 not moved. Clause 62 agreed to. Clause 63, amendments 114, debated and withdrawn. Amendments 115-120 agreed to. Amendment 121 debated and withdrawn. Amendment 122 debated and withdrawn. Amendment 123 not moved. Clause 63, as amended, agreed to. Clause 64, amendment 124, debated and withdrawn. Amendments 125-129 not moved. Clause 64 agreed to. Amendment 130 debated with amendment 130A. Amendments 130 and 130A withdrawn. Amendment 131 debated and withdrawn. Amendments 132-136 not moved. Clause 65 agreed to. Amendment 137 debated and withdrawn. Amendment 138 not moved. Clauses 66-68 agreed to. Amendment 139 debated and withdrawn. Amendment 140 not moved. Amendment 141 under consideration.
Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
809 cc2174-1474 
Session
2019-21
Department
Home Office
Legislative stage
Committee stage
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Domestic Abuse Bill 2019-21. Brought from the Commons.
Tuesday, 7 July 2020
Bills
House of Lords
Deposited Paper DEP2021-0081
Monday, 15 February 2021
Deposited papers
House of Lords
Deposited Paper DEP2021-0141
Monday, 15 February 2021
Deposited papers
House of Lords
Deposited Paper DEP2021-0142
Monday, 15 February 2021
Deposited papers
House of Lords
Proceeding contributions
Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames | 809 c2174 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames

109: Clause 62, page 39, line 18, leave out f...

Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames | 809 cc2174-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, my four amendments in this group—Amendments 109, 111, 112 and 113—to which the noble Ba...


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Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle | 809 cc2177-8 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the clear, comprehensive and powerful outline of these amend...

Lord Rosser | 809 c2178 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I can be very brief in the light of what the two previous speakers have said on this am...

Lord Wolfson of Tredegar | 809 cc2178-2180 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, as the noble Lord, Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames, explained, these amendments seek to ...

Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames | 809 c2179 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, first, let me say how grateful I am to the noble Lords who spoke.

It was interest...

Lord Faulkner of Worcester | 809 cc2179-2181 (Link to this contribution)

We now come to the group beginning with Amendment 114. I remind noble Lords that

Lord Rosser | 809 c2181 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Rosser

114: Clause 63, page 40, leave out lines 31 to 35

Member’s...

Lord Rosser | 809 c2181 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am speaking in place of my noble friend Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede on this and a smal...

Baroness Newlove | 809 cc2181-2 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I shall speak to Amendment 114. As the noble Lord, Lord Rosser, has just said, it is pu...

Baroness Redfern | 809 cc2182-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am pleased to follow my noble friend Lady Newlove and I warmly congratulate the Gover...

Lord Paddick | 809 c2183 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I agree with the comments made by the noble Baroness, Lady Redfern, in a broader contex...

Lord Wolfson of Tredegar | 809 cc2183-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I will begin with the amendments tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Ponsonby, to which the ...

Lord Rosser | 809 c2185 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the Minister for his considered response, which I appreciate. I also thank other noble Lo...

Lord Wolfson of Tredegar | 809 cc2185-6 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Wolfson of Tredegar

115: Clause 63, page 41, line 20, after “conviction...

Lord Faulkner of Worcester | 809 c2186 (Link to this contribution)

We now come to the group consisting of Amendment 121. I remind noble Lords that anyone wishing to...

Lord Rosser | 809 cc2186-7 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Rosser

121: Clause 63, page 44, line 29, at end insert—

“31VA Dir...

Lord Rosser | 809 cc2187-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, this amendment would build on the provisions on cross-examination that the Government h...

Lord Mackay of Clashfern | 809 c2189 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Rosser, on the excellent way in which he has presen...

Baroness Hamwee | 809 cc2189-2190 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, my noble friend Lord Marks will speak to most of the amendments regarding court proceed...

Lord McConnell of Glenscorrodale | 809 c2190 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lord Rosser for so comprehensively outlining the purpose behind...

Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames | 809 cc2191-2 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, we support this amendment for the reasons given by the noble Lord, Lord Rosser, as ampl...

Lord Wolfson of Tredegar | 809 cc2192-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, as the noble Lord, Lord Rosser, has explained, this amendment —to which my noble and le...

Lord Rosser | 809 c2194 (Link to this contribution)

I again thank the Minister for his considered response, particularly his comments at the end, whi...

Baroness Morris of Bolton | 809 c2194 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, we now come to the group beginning with Amendment 122. I remind noble Lords that anyone...

Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames | 809 cc2194-5 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames

122: Clause 63, page 45, leave out lines 16 a...

Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames | 809 cc2195-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, this group of amendments addresses the role of a legally qualified representative appoi...

Baroness Morris of Bolton | 809 c2197 (Link to this contribution)

The noble Lord, Lord Naseby, who was due to speak next, is still in the debate in Grand Committee...

Lord Wolfson of Tredegar | 809 cc2198-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Marks, for setting out the rationale for these am...

Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames | 809 cc2199-2200 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, unquestionably the Minister—to whom I am very grateful, for both his engagement and his...

Baroness Morris of Bolton | 809 cc2200-1 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, we now come to the group beginning with Amendment 124. I remind noble Lords that anyone...

Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames | 809 cc2201-3 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames

124: Clause 64, page 46, line 39, at end inse...

Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames | 809 cc2203-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, could I have a moment? I apologise for the delay. Following so closely on from my last ...

Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay | 809 c2204 (Link to this contribution)

I am afraid we cannot hear the noble Baroness. She might still be on mute.

Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle | 809 c2205 (Link to this contribution)

Let me try an alternative technology—apologies, my Lords.

It is a great pleasure to follow ...

Baroness Fox of Buckley | 809 cc2205-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I will start by making a general point about an issue that has been concerning me regar...

Lord Wolfson of Tredegar | 809 cc2207-8 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, as the noble Lord, Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames, has explained, these amendments inte...

Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames | 809 cc2208-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, once again, I am grateful to all noble Lords who have spoken in this debate. I certainl...

Baroness Morris of Bolton | 809 c2209 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, we now come to the group beginning with Amendment 130. I remind noble Lords that anyone...

Lord Rosser | 809 cc2209-2210 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Rosser

130: After Clause 64, insert the following new Clause—

“Pr...

Lord Rosser | 809 cc2210-2 (Link to this contribution)

Amendment 130 would include in the Bill a new clause that would disapply the presumption that par...

Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb | 809 c2212 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

130A: After Clause 64, in subsection (4) after...

Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb | 809 cc2212-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, some of the earlier amendments to the Bill have been about removing stress from survivo...

Baroness Gardner of Parkes | 809 c2213 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am very supportive of the Bill. The mental and physical damage of domestic abuse goes...

Baroness Meacher | 809 cc2213-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I will speak principally to Amendment 130 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Rosser. P...

Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames | 809 cc2215-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, throughout the preparation for proceedings on this Bill, I have been extremely impresse...

Lord Randall of Uxbridge | 809 c2217 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, at the outset, I was attracted to these amendments. As a lay person, listening to the n...

Lord Rooker | 809 cc2217-8 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, my quick message to Hansard is that they can tear up the note I sent earlier. In fact, ...

Baroness Butler-Sloss | 809 cc2218-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I view this amendment, which is in two parts, with some concern. To a very large extent...

Lord Faulkner of Worcester | 809 c2219 (Link to this contribution)

In place of the noble Baroness, Lady Andrews, I call the noble Baroness, Lady Altmann.

Baroness Altmann | 809 cc2219-2220 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I once again congratulate the Government on bringing forward this important Bill and on...

Baroness Burt of Solihull | 809 cc2220-1 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, there has been a varied response to the Bill. What has come out of it is that nothing i...

Lord Wolfson of Tredegar | 809 cc2221-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, as the noble Lord, Lord Rosser, has explained, Amendment 130, formerly in the name of t...

Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb | 809 c2222 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who contributed to this extremely valuable debate. In particula...

Lord Rosser | 809 cc2222-5 (Link to this contribution)

I am not quite sure what right of reply I have, since my name is not shown on the speakers’ list ...

Baroness Morris of Bolton | 809 c2225 (Link to this contribution)

The noble Lord was entitled to speak. He was just left off the list inadvertently.

Baroness Morris of Bolton | 809 c2225 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, we now come to the group beginning with Amendment 131. I remind noble Lords that anyone...

Baroness Bertin | 809 c2225 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Baroness Bertin

131: After Clause 64, insert the following new Clause—

Baroness Bertin | 809 cc2225-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, in moving Amendment 131 in my name, to which the noble Lord, Lord Ponsonby, has added h...

Lord Rosser | 809 cc2227-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the case for the protection of a refuge address has been made eloquently by the noble B...

Baroness Newlove | 809 cc2229-2231 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I support measures to improve the safety of family court proceedings for survivors of d...

Baroness Hamwee | 809 cc2231-2 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I feel slightly embarrassed to be coming in ahead of the noble Baroness, Lady Helic, wh...

Baroness Helic | 809 cc2232-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I intend to focus mainly on Amendment 133, which is in my name. Like the other amendmen...

Lord Rooker | 809 cc2233-6 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Helic. I will speak to Amendments 1...

Baroness Butler-Sloss | 809 cc2235-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I strongly support as much training as possibly can be given to everyone who works in a...

Baroness Verma | 809 cc2237-8 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I feel very privileged to be following noble Lords in speaking to this amendment. I wan...

Baroness Warwick of Undercliffe | 809 cc2238-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I will speak briefly on these amendments. It is a great pleasure to follow the noble Ba...

Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames | 809 cc2239-2242 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I broadly welcome this group of amendments. Although I have concerns about some of them...

Lord Wolfson of Tredegar | 809 cc2242-2250 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am very grateful to my noble friend Lady Bertin and the noble Lord, Lord Rosser, who ...

Baroness Bertin | 809 cc2249-2251 (Link to this contribution)

It is a huge honour to try and sum up such a rich and important debate. I made many notes, a lot ...

Baroness Watkins of Tavistock | 809 c2251 (Link to this contribution)

We now come to the group beginning with Amendment 137. I remind noble Lords that anyone wishing t...

Baroness Newlove | 809 c2251 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Baroness Newlove

137: After Clause 65, insert the following new Clause—

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Baroness Newlove | 809 cc2251-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, Amendments 137 and 138 are in my name and the names of the right reverend Prelate the B...

Baroness Wilcox of Newport | 809 cc2252-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the important issue of non-fatal strangulation has been introduced comprehensively and ...

Baroness Meacher | 809 cc2254-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I give my strong support to Amendment 137 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Newlo...

Lord Chartres | 809 cc2255-6 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank noble Lords who have preceded me and those who will follow. I also thank the st...

Baroness Bertin | 809 cc2256-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I give my strong support to Amendment 137. I also thank the noble Baroness, Lady Newlov...

Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames | 809 cc2257-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I join everyone who has spoken in thanking the noble Baroness, Lady Newlove, for bringi...

Baroness Redfern | 809 cc2258-2260 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lady Newlove for her powerful introduction to this standalone o...

Baroness Crawley | 809 cc2260-1 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Redfern. I support the important Am...

Baroness Finn | 809 cc2261-2 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I speak in support of Amendments 137 and 138 and pay tribute to my noble friend Lady Ne...

Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle | 809 cc2262-3 (Link to this contribution)

I join every speaker in this rather large group of speakers in offering my support for Amendments...

Baroness Featherstone | 809 cc2263-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I greatly support Amendment 137 and thank the noble Baroness, Lady Newlove, for such a ...

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 809 c2264 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, like other noble Lords I pay warm tribute to the noble Baronesses, Lady Newlove, Lady W...

Lord Lucas | 809 c2264 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I too welcome these amendments. However, if this law is going to be passed it should be...

Lord Blunkett | 809 cc2265-6 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the Committee has heard some extremely powerful and focused speeches this evening. I ad...

Lord Harries of Pentregarth | 809 c2266 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I speak briefly in support of Amendments 137 and 138, especially Amendment 137. It has ...

Baroness Burt of Solihull | 809 cc2266-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I commend the noble Baroness, Lady Newlove—and other noble Lords, but particularly she—...

Lord Wolfson of Tredegar | 809 cc2267-2272 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, first and foremost, I offer my sincere thanks to my noble friend Lady Newlove, the nobl...

Baroness Newlove | 809 c2272 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank everyone who has spoken in support of these amendments. It has been quite emoti...

Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay | 809 c2273 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it has been agreed that a short break of 15 minutes would be welcome.

8.23 pm

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Baroness Garden of Frognal | 809 c2273 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, we now come to the group beginning with Amendment 139. I remind noble Lords that anyone...

Baroness Kennedy of the Shaws | 809 c2273 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws

139: After Clause 68, insert the following new...

Baroness Kennedy of the Shaws | 809 cc2273-6 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, like others, I want to express my gratitude to my friend, the noble Lord, Lord Wolfson,...

Baroness Hamwee | 809 cc2275-8 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I do not know whether the noble Baroness, Lady Kennedy, was intending not to speak to h...

Baroness Watkins of Tavistock | 809 c2278 (Link to this contribution)

The noble Baroness, Lady Jones, has withdrawn, so I call the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of...

Bishop of Gloucester | 809 cc2278-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I will speak to Amendments 139 and 140, to which I have added my name. I draw attention...

Baroness Hodgson of Abinger | 809 cc2279-2280 (Link to this contribution)

It is a privilege to follow the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Gloucester. I shall speak to...

Lord Bradley | 809 cc2280-2 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, declaring my interest in the register as a trustee of the Prison Reform Trust, I will m...

Lord Paddick | 809 cc2282-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, as the noble Baroness, Lady Kennedy of the Shaws, has so clearly explained—and I pay re...

Lord Kennedy of Southwark | 809 cc2283-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, we on these Benches fully support Amendments 139, 140 and 145, in the names of my noble...

Lord Wolfson of Tredegar | 809 cc2284-8 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I first offer my sincere thanks and appreciation to the noble Baroness, Lady Kennedy of...

Baroness Watkins of Tavistock | 809 c2287 (Link to this contribution)

I have received requests to speak after the Minister from the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett of Man...

Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle | 809 cc2287-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank the House for the opportunity to ask this question, which applies to all these ...

Lord Wolfson of Tredegar | 809 c2289 (Link to this contribution)

I am grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett of Manor Castle, for that question. I do not wi...

Lord Paddick | 809 c2289 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am very grateful to the Minister. I have two questions which rather puzzle me. First,...

Lord Wolfson of Tredegar | 809 cc2289-2290 (Link to this contribution)

I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Paddick, for those questions. First, Section 76 of the Crim...

Baroness Hamwee | 809 c2290 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I understand the points that the Minister has made about the common law developing—that...

Lord Wolfson of Tredegar | 809 c2290 (Link to this contribution)

I am grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Hamwee, for those various questions. On the issue of th...

Baroness Kennedy of the Shaws | 809 cc2290-2 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I should tell the Committee that I turned a page too soon in my opening address on thes...

Lord McNicol of West Kilbride | 809 c2292 (Link to this contribution)

We now come to the group consisting of Amendment 141. I remind noble Lords that anyone wishing to...

Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames | 809 cc2292-3 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames

141: After Clause 68, insert the following ne...

Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames | 809 cc2293-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, this amendment, in my name and the names of my noble friend Lady Jolly and the noble an...

Lord Garnier | 809 cc2295-6 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I apologise for not taking part on Second Reading, although I have read the Official Re...

Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay | 809 c2296 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am afraid we have to leave it there for this evening.

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