Clause 1
Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Bill [Lords]
10:30 am
Jimmy Hood (Lanark and Hamilton East, Labour)
With this it will be convenient to discuss the following amendments: No. 12, in clause 1, page 1, line 18, at end insert—
‘(3A) In determining the person’s wishes and feelings in pursuance of subsection (2), the court may direct that the examination of a witness must take place in the presence of a person approved by the court for the purposes of this section (“an intermediary”).
(3B) In this section “intermediary” has the meaning set out in section 29 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 (c. 23).’.
No. 25, in clause 1, page 3, line 2, leave out from ‘protected’ to end of line 6.
No. 1, in clause 1, page 3, line 35, at end insert—
‘(9) In any proceedings the court may make such orders or directions in regard to the giving of evidence by vulnerable witnesses as it thinks appropriate.’.