A Bill To make provision in relation to domestic abuse; to make provision for and in connection with the establishment of a Domestic Abuse Commissioner; to prohibit cross-examination in person in family proceedings in certain circumstances; to make provision about certain violent or sexual offences, and offences involving other abusive behaviour, committed outside the United Kingdom; and for connected purposes.
House of Commons
4 November 2019
The Domestic Abuse Bill aims to strengthen protections for victims, set up a Domestic Abuse Commissioner to oversee policy and enforcement, and restrict cross-examination in person in family proceedings in certain circumstances. It also makes provision about violent or sexual offences, and other abusive behaviour, committed outside the United Kingdom. The bill is currently in Committee stage in the House of Commons, with MPs considering amendments made by the Lords and voting on motions to disagree with those amendments.
The bill is at Committee stage in the Commons. It has gone through the Lords with amendments, and MPs are voting to disagree with those amendments as part of the bill’s passage.
Across the 15 recorded votes to disagree with Lords Amendments, the Conservative Party consistently supported the government’s position, while Labour and other opposition parties largely opposed. (Conservatives were in favour; Labour and Lib Dems mostly against; other parties varied.)
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