Clause 7 - Establishment and conduct of reviews
Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Bill [Lords]
10:45 am
Ms Harriet Harman (Solicitor General, Law Officers' Department; Camberwell and Peckham, Labour)
Yes, if the circumstances involve both domestic violence and the death of children. None of us wants two separate and parallel reviews to take place; nor do we want a review that examines only the domestic violence and not the death of the children, or—as would happen under current legislation—a review that examined only the death of
the children, but could not examine the context of domestic violence in which the children were killed. The legislation and its accompanying guidance will address that. We do not want two parallel reviews, or a narrowly focused review. I hope that I have reassured hon. Members on that point. The proposal is entirely sensible, and has taken account of all the points that hon. Members raised. I appear to have made it more confusing, but it is simple.