Found: HL Bill 91-I Marshalled list for Consideration of Commons Agreements with Amendments, Disagreements with
Found: HL Bill 91-I Marshalled list for Consideration of Commons Agreements with Amendments, Disagreements with
Found: domestic abuse (1) The Domestic Abuse Act 2021 is amended as follows
Mentions:
1: Gareth Bacon (Con - Orpington) For context, part 3 of the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 introduced a new civil domestic abuse protection notice - Speech Link
2: Alex Davies-Jones (Lab - Pontypridd) I heard examples of court-mandated drug tests for the perpetrators being taken out of the victim’s legal - Speech Link
Asked by: Alex Cunningham (Labour - Stockton North)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of (a) barristers, (b) solicitors and (c) CILEX practitioners have (i) applied for and (ii) completed training to become a qualified legal representative under the Cross Examination Prohibition Scheme since July 2022; and whether he has made an estimate of the number these individuals that have presented cases under the scheme.
Answered by Laura Farris - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Ministry of Justice) (jointly with Home Office)
We have assumed that both questions refer to the Qualified Legal Representative (QLR) scheme which was introduced in July 2022 and follows the Government’s Domestic Abuse Act (2021) which prohibited unrepresented perpetrators or alleged perpetrators of abuse from cross-examining their victims or alleged victims in family and civil proceedings, and vice versa. The prohibition ensures that vulnerable victims and witnesses are not traumatised by being cross-examined directly by their alleged perpetrator.
Barristers, solicitors, and CILEX practitioners can register to undertake work as part of the QLR scheme at GOV.UK: Register to be a qualified legal representative (justice.gov.uk). The statutory guidance sets out the requirement for QLRs to have undertaken advocacy and vulnerable witness training, or to have made a commitment to attend such training within six months of having registered on the court list of qualified legal representatives: Statutory Guidance for the Qualified Legal Representative Scheme. The Government encourages professionals to take up this important work to assist in both the family and civil courts.
As of 27 February 2024, in total, there were 363 QLRs registered for family cases, and 78 QLRs registered for civil cases. We do not hold monthly data on registrations, or central data on how many QLRs have completed or applied for training, which they are able to access from a range of external providers. The QLR register does not record whether practitioners are barristers, solicitors, or CILEX practitioners. We do not collect data on the number of QLRs that have presented cases under the scheme.
Written Evidence May. 14 2024
Inquiry: Modern Slavery Act 2015Found: There are some important parallels that could be drawn with the support victims of domestic abuse
Dec. 07 2023
Source Page: More lawyers sought to stop domestic abusers interrogating victimsFound: More lawyers sought to stop domestic abusers interrogating victims
Mentions:
1: Carlaw, Jackson (Con - Eastwood) a result of domestic abuse. - Speech Link
2: Torrance, David (SNP - Kirkcaldy) a result of domestic abuse. - Speech Link
3: Constance, Angela (SNP - Almond Valley) of domestic abuse that causes the loss of an unborn child. - Speech Link
4: MacGregor, Fulton (SNP - Coatbridge and Chryston) of domestic abuse that causes the loss of an unborn child. - Speech Link
5: Stewart, Alexander (Con - Mid Scotland and Fife) when the perpetrators of those crimes are charged. - Speech Link
Feb. 07 2024
Source Page: Information pertaining to the Equally Safe Scotland strategy: FOI reviewFound: to support people experiencing domestic abuse
Mentions:
1: None the release and licence of serial and serious harm domestic abuse and stalking perpetrators is that they - Speech Link
2: None the release and licence of serial and serious harm domestic abuse and stalking perpetrators is that they - Speech Link
3: Baroness Royall of Blaisdon (Lab - Life peer) perpetrators of domestic abuse and stalking is crucial to keep the public safe and that they completely - Speech Link
4: Lord Russell of Liverpool (XB - Excepted Hereditary) agree that robust management of perpetrators of domestic abuse and stalking is crucial to help keep the - Speech Link
5: Lord Roborough (Con - Excepted Hereditary) agree that robust management of perpetrators of domestic abuse and stalking is crucial to help keep the - Speech Link
6: None allow us to target all perpetrators of domestic abuse, not just those who are convicted of an offence - Speech Link