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Domestic Abuse Bill

Proceeding contribution from Baroness Greengross (Crossbench) in the House of Lords on Monday, 15 March 2021. It occurred during Debate on bills on Domestic Abuse Bill.

Moved by

Baroness Greengross

83: After Clause 72, insert the following new Clause—

“Duty to report suspected abuse

A local authority must ensure that, where any of its employees suspects in the course of carrying out a financial assessment for adult social care that a person is the victim of domestic abuse, the employee reports the suspected abuse to a relevant social worker or the police.”

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
811 c141 
Session
2019-21
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Subjects
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