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House of Commons

Notices of Amendments

given up to and including

Tuesday 2 June 2020

New Amendments handed in are marked thus

Amendments which will comply with the required notice period at their next appearance

Amendments tabled since the last publication: NC14

Public Bill Committee

Domestic Abuse Bill

Note

This document includes all amendments tabled to date and includes any

withdrawn amendments at the end. The amendments have been arranged in

accordance with the Resolution of the Programming Sub-Committee.

Resolution of the Programming Sub-Committee

The Programming Sub-Committee appointed by the Speaker in respect of the Bill

agreed the following Resolution at its meeting on Tuesday 2 June (Standing Order No.

83C):

That—

(1)  

the Committee shall (in addition to its first meeting at 11.30 am on Thursday

4 June) meet—

(a)  

at 2.00 pm on Thursday 4 June; 

(b)  

at 9.25 am and 2.00 pm on Tuesday 9 June;

(c)  

at 9.25 am and 2.00 pm on Wednesday 10 June;

(d)  

at 11.30 am and 2.00 pm on Thursday 11 June;

(e)  

at 9.25 am and 2.00 pm on Tuesday 16 June;

(f)  

at 9.25 am and 2.00 pm on Wednesday 17 June;

(2)  

the Committee shall hear oral evidence in accordance with the following

Table:

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TABLE

(3)  

proceedings on consideration of the Bill in Committee shall be taken in the

following order: Clauses 1 to 37; Schedule 1; Clauses 38 to 62; Schedule 2;

Clauses 63 to 73; new Clauses; new Schedules; remaining proceedings on the

Bill;

(4)  

the proceedings on the Bill shall (so far as not previously concluded) be

brought to a conclusion at 5.00 pm on Thursday 25 June.

Alex Chalk has given notice of his intention to move a motion in the terms of the

Resolution of the Programming Sub-Committee [Standing Order No. 83C].

Victoria Atkins

Alex Chalk

That, subject to the discretion of the Chair, any written evidence received by the

Committee shall be reported to the House for publication.

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Victoria Atkins

Alex Chalk

That, at this and any subsequent meeting at which oral evidence is to be heard, the

Committee shall sit in private until the witnesses are admitted.

Philip Davies

Bob Stewart

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Clause  1,  page  1,  line  14,  leave out paragraph (d)

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment would remove economic abuse from the definition of domestic abuse.

Philip Davies

Bob Stewart

7

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  15,  after “abuse”, insert “(see subsection (4A))”

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment would provide the ability to further define specific abuse.

Philip Davies

Bob Stewart

2

Clause  1,  page  2,  line  1,  leave out subsection (4)

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment is consequential upon Amendment 1.

Philip Davies

Bob Stewart

5

Clause  1,  page  2,  line  1,  after “effect”, insert “without permission, consent,

necessity or any other good reason”.

Member’s explanatory statement

The aim of this amendment would be to specify that economic abuse has to be deliberate and

unreasonable not just the withholding of money, for example, with lawful authority or good reason

– e.g. someone caring for someone or the partner of a gambling addict who gives consent etc.

Philip Davies

Bob Stewart

6

Clause  1,  page  2,  line  3,  leave out “acquire, use or maintain money or other

property” and insert “maintain their own money or personal property”

Member’s explanatory statement

The aim of this amendment would be to specify that economic abuse must involve the person’s own

money and not the lawful property of someone else.

Philip Davies

Bob Stewart

8

Clause  1,  page  2,  line  4,  at end insert—

“(4A)    

“Psychological, emotional or other abuse” includes but is not limited to—

(a)    

Parental Alienation, or

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(b)    

False allegations of domestic abuse by A against B, or

(c)    

A deliberately preventing B having contact with their child or children

for no good reason.”

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment gives specific examples of domestic abuse – parental alienation, false allegations

of domestic abuse and the prevention of contact with a parent for no good reason.

Philip Davies

Bob Stewart

9

Clause  1,  page  2,  line  4,  at end insert—

“(4B)    

“Parental Alienation” is defined as a child’s resistance or hostility towards parent

B which is not justified and is the result of psychological manipulation by parent

A.”

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment defines parental alienation.

Philip Davies

Bob Stewart

10

Clause  1,  page  2,  line  5,  leave out subsection (5)

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment removes the potential creation of two victims of a single act of abuse.

Philip Davies

Bob Stewart

11

Clause  1,  page  2,  line  8,  leave out subsection (6)

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment is consequential upon Amendment 10.

Liz Saville Roberts

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Clause  2,  page  2,  line  24,  at end insert—

“(h)    

they live, or at the time of the abuse lived, in the same household.”

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment would ensure that victims living with an abuser in the same household, for

example as a flat share, are considered to be ‘personally connected’.

Philip Davies

Bob Stewart

15

Clause  6,  page  4,  line  3,  after “the”, insert “objective”

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment aims to ensure there is no bias and that pre-conceived notions do not form part

of the identification of domestic abuse process.

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Philip Davies

Bob Stewart

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Clause  6,  page  4,  line  8,  after “abuse”, insert “; (e) a gender-neutral approach to

domestic abuse”

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment would recognise explicitly that domestic violence affects everyone regardless of

their sex.

Philip Davies

Bob Stewart

17

Clause  6,  page  4,  line  23,  at end insert—

“(h)    

monitoring the estimated number of actual victims of domestic abuse

compared to those prosecuted for such offences according to the sex of

the victim and making recommendations to address any differences in

outcomes between the sexes;”

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment would make sure that male and female perpetrators of domestic abuse are

prosecuted in similar relative numbers.

Philip Davies

Bob Stewart

18

Clause  6,  page  4,  line  23,  at end insert—

“(i)    

monitoring the estimated number of actual victims of domestic abuse in

same sex relationships by gender.”

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment would ensure that those in same sex relationships are separately monitored in line

with the genderneutral approach to domestic abuse.

Philip Davies

Bob Stewart

19

Clause  11,  page  6,  line  38,  after “Board”)”, insert “through an open recruitment

process”.

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment would ensure that members of the Advisory Board are appointed via an open

recruitment process.

Philip Davies

Bob Stewart

23

Clause  11,  page  7,  line  7,  after the first “of” insert “each of (a) male and (b)

female”.

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment would ensure that different people separately representing the interests of male

and female victims are appointed to the Advisory Board.

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Liz Saville Roberts

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Clause  11,  page  7,  line  7,  at end insert “in England;

(aa)    

at least one person appearing to the Commissioner to represent the

interests of victims of domestic abuse in Wales;”

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment would require representation for domestic abuse victims in Wales, ensuring that

both the interests of domestic abuse victims in England and Wales are equally addressed.

Philip Davies

Bob Stewart

24

Clause  11,  page  7,  line  9,  after “with”, insert “each of (a) male and (b) female”

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment would ensure that different people separately representing the interests of male

and female organisations are on the Advisory Board.

Philip Davies

Bob Stewart

20

Clause  11,  page  7,  line  11,  leave out paragraph (c)

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment would remove the necessity for a representative of health care providers to be on

the Advisory Board to make space for representatives of both male and female victims/groups.

Philip Davies

Bob Stewart

21

Clause  11,  page  7,  line  14,  leave out paragraph (d)

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment would remove the necessity for a representative of social care providers to be on

the Advisory Board to make space for representatives of both male and female victims/groups.

Philip Davies

Bob Stewart

22

Clause  11,  page  7,  line  24,  leave out subsection (6)

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment is consequential upon Amendment 21.

Philip Davies

Bob Stewart

25

Clause  54,  page  35,  line  36,  after the first “of”, insert “each of (a) male and (b)

female”

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment would ensure that different people separately represent the interests of both male

and female victims on the domestic abuse local partnership boards.

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Philip Davies

Bob Stewart

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Clause  54,  page  35,  line  40,  after “with” insert “each of (a) male and (b) female”

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment would ensure that different people separately represent the interests of both male

and female organisations on the domestic abuse local partnership boards.

Philip Davies

Bob Stewart

3

Clause  65,  page  48,  line  37,  leave out paragraph (d)

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment is consequential upon Amendment 1.

Philip Davies

Bob Stewart

4

Clause  65,  page  49,  line  16,  leave out paragraph (d)

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment is consequential upon Amendment 1.

Philip Davies

Bob Stewart

12

Clause  65,  page  49,  line  26,  leave out paragraph (b)

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment is consequential upon Amendment 10.

Philip Davies

Bob Stewart

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Clause  65,  page  49,  line  29,  at end insert—

“(4)    

If it transpires that the local authority has been given incorrect information or that

it has taken into account false allegations of domestic abuse as the basis for

granting a tenancy, it must revoke the secure tenancy within 7 days of receiving

this information by giving the tenant 28 days notice to quit in addition to passing

on such information to the police, where they are not already involved, as soon as

is practicable thereafter.”

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment makes provision for someone who has made false allegations of domestic abuse

to lose the home they gained under these false pretences.