Clause 7 - Establishment and conduct of reviews
Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Bill [Lords]
10:00 am
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Shadow Minister, Home, Constitutional & Legal Affairs; Chesham and Amersham, Conservative)
I am delighted to support the hon. Member for Lancaster and Wyre. I am also delighted that so many hon. Members have added their name to the amendment, which I hope is an indication that the Solicitor-General will accept it. I say that in eager anticipation, because the Home Office Minister who received the amendment so well in informal discussions is not to reply to this group. Forgive me for any cynicism that I may show, but one feels that he has reserved his position and been entirely sympathetic to those in all parts of the Committee who proposed the group—I dread to use these words—on behalf of Women's Aid and the other organisations that have briefed us. I hope that the Solicitor-General will look seriously at the amendment as I deploy my arguments, because it adds to the Bill.