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Lords Chamber
Domestic Abuse Bill - Wed 21 Apr 2021
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Lord Wolfson of Tredegar (CON - Life peer) The Judicial College also advocates the use of specialists to co-train and provide an annexe of specialist - Speech Link
2: None it is inappropriate to provide a new defence for victims of domestic abuse who are compelled to commit - Speech Link
3: None it is inappropriate to provide a new defence for victims of domestic abuse who are compelled to commit - Speech Link
4: None it is inappropriate to provide a new defence for victims of domestic abuse who are compelled to commit - Speech Link
5: Baroness Wilcox of Newport (LAB - Life peer) This amendment would provide for the circumstances where victims’ data cannot be shared for immigration - Speech Link
6: Baroness Williams of Trafford (CON - Life peer) It is for this reason that we have launched the support for migrant victims scheme, which can provide - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill
2nd reading Day 2 - Tue 16 Mar 2021
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Matt Vickers (CON - Stockton South) We have provided more equipment and more funding, and now, whether it is by tackling unauthorised encampments - Speech Link
2: Kieran Mullan (CON - Crewe and Nantwich) course the Committee stage will provide for that. - Speech Link
3: John Hayes (CON - South Holland and The Deepings) Hard-working officers are frequently derailed by the malign advocates of the rights of criminals and - Speech Link
4: Christian Wakeford (LAB - Bury South) It also introduces Kay’s law, which will provide better protection for the victims and witnesses of violent - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Domestic Abuse Bill
Committee stage:Committee: 4th sitting (Hansard) - Wed 03 Feb 2021
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames (LDEM - Life peer) They provide that victims of domestic abuse and other parties or witnesses are eligible for special measures - Speech Link
2: Baroness Bertin (CON - Life peer) Having worked on the introduction of stalking protection orders, I am aware how prevalent stalking is - Speech Link
3: None to Justice Foundation, which provided £3.1 million of funding to not-for-profit organisations across - Speech Link
4: Lord Bishop of Gloucester (Bishops - Bishops) More than half of them had been victims of domestic abuse. - Speech Link
5: None I turn to Amendments 140 and 145, which seek to provide a new statutory defence for victims of domestic - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Domestic Abuse Bill
Committee stage:Committee: 1st sitting (Hansard) - Mon 25 Jan 2021
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Burt of Solihull (LDEM - Life peer) As Vera Baird, the Victims’ Commissioner for England and Wales, who has been quoted more than once already - Speech Link
2: Baroness Wilcox of Newport (LAB - Life peer) Disabled victims are more likely to experience domestic abuse for a longer period: 3.3 years on average - Speech Link
3: None , which places a new duty on tier 1 local authorities to provide support to victims of domestic abuse - Speech Link
4: Baroness Newlove (CON - Life peer) The Victims’ Commissioner role was more or less full-time, so I was working for many hours not counted - Speech Link
5: Lord Hunt of Kings Heath (LAB - Life peer) to provide support to victims of domestic abuse. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Sentencing White Paper - Wed 16 Sep 2020
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Robert Buckland (CON - South Swindon) , in particular for victims of modern day slavery or abuse, are so important. - Speech Link
2: Robert Buckland (CON - South Swindon) on criminal legal aid—the £51 million increase that I have ordered for the remuneration of advocates—and - Speech Link
3: Mick Whitley (LAB - Birkenhead) After 10 years of funding cuts and privatisation, many of our prisons are simply not fit for purpose, - Speech Link
4: Robert Buckland (CON - South Swindon) funding for prison maintenance. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Domestic Abuse Bill
Report stage - Mon 06 Jul 2020
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Jess Phillips (LAB - Birmingham, Yardley) example, whether our project catering for child victims or stalking victims would be funded after April - Speech Link
2: Robert Neill (CON - Bromley and Chislehurst) for the remuneration of those advocates are interpreted generously, because those who assist the court - Speech Link
3: Christian Wakeford (LAB - Bury South) Despite the good intentions of stalking protection orders, I fear that they will not protect victims - Speech Link
4: Alex Davies-Jones (LAB - Pontypridd) I welcome the Bill, but it must go further to provide equal protection for all victims of domestic abuse - Speech Link
5: Virginia Crosbie (CON - Ynys Môn) The Government have already provided more than £1 million of support for those victims through the tampon - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Domestic Abuse Bill
2nd reading - Tue 28 Apr 2020
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Nick Thomas-Symonds (LAB - Torfaen) That should include a duty on the Secretary of State to provide sufficient funding. - Speech Link
2: Maria Miller (CON - Basingstoke) support for victims and their children in refuges and other safe accommodation, and to provide funding - Speech Link
3: Stephanie Peacock (LAB - Barnsley East) to provide refuge accommodation and community-based support, but they need even more funding to maintain - Speech Link
4: Abena Oppong-Asare (LAB - Erith and Thamesmead) Victims of domestic abuse have been waiting for the introduction of more thought-out protections for - Speech Link
5: Karin Smyth (LAB - Bristol South) Friend the Member for Torfaen (Nick Thomas-Symonds) for a duty to provide funding for this work, and - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
International Women’s Day - Tue 10 Mar 2020
Department for International Trade

Mentions:
1: Lord Hussain (LDEM - Life peer) many more cases of this nature, taking the number of victims into the thousands.Just for a moment, put - Speech Link
2: Baroness Cox (CB - Life peer) We were able to provide some funding. - Speech Link
3: Lord Loomba (CB - Life peer) The foundation also provides funding for the education of the children of widows, so they can ensure - Speech Link
4: Baroness Burt of Solihull (LDEM - Life peer) I am very happy that a duty will be imposed on local authorities to provide refuge for victims, but that - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
International Women’s Day - Thu 05 Mar 2020
Department for International Trade

Mentions:
1: Dawn Butler (LAB - Brent Central) I welcome the Bill, which includes a new legal obligation on councils to provide secure refuges for victims - Speech Link
2: Caroline Nokes (CON - Romsey and Southampton North) There should be no place for such a defence.Last year we did see the introduction of stalking protection - Speech Link
3: Maria Caulfield (CON - Lewes) , forced marriage and stalking. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Tue 14 Jan 2020
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Wendy Morton (CON - Aldridge-Brownhills) Applicants for legal aid funding are subject to a stringent merits test. - Speech Link
2: Chris Philp (CON - Croydon South) to cover 14 more offences, including child sexual offending, stalking and harassment, in order to ensure - Speech Link
3: Wendy Morton (CON - Aldridge-Brownhills) It is vital that we better protect and support victims of abuse and their children and bring more perpetrators - Speech Link
4: Wendy Morton (CON - Aldridge-Brownhills) That is why the Home Office provided £400,000 this financial year for young people’s advocates in London - Speech Link
5: Chris Philp (CON - Croydon South) Friend the Member for Aldridge-Brownhills (Wendy Morton), provided an extra £5 million of funding for - Speech Link