Clause 5 - The offence
Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Bill [Lords]
3:15 pm
Mr Dominic Grieve (Shadow Attorney General, Home, Constitutional & Legal Affairs; Beaconsfield, Conservative)
I am mindful of the view in the other place about the new offence, although it is noteworthy that the other place was not in a position to consider new clause 18; I hesitate to raise that matter now, but it is relevant. In my view, and the hon. Gentleman may agree, new clause 18 impinges substantially on the question of rights and the propriety of the way in which a trial procedure takes place, and has a direct bearing on the amendment, which would extend the clause to include serious harm.