Clause 1
Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Bill [Lords]
10:45 am
Jo Swinson (Shadow Minister (Women and Equality), Department for Communities and Local Government; East Dunbartonshire, Liberal Democrat)
The Minister’s information may be more up to date than mine, but Voice UK, which is a charity campaigning on the issue, said that it was only aware of two instances of intermediaries being used in family courts. Although I appreciate that there are provisions available allowing intermediaries to be used, the concern is that they are not necessarily being used in appropriate circumstances. What steps does she intend to take to ensure that their use is encouraged?