Coroners and Justice Bill
2:30 pm
Maria Eagle (Parliamentary Secretary (also in the Government Equalities Office), Government Equalities Office; Liverpool, Garston, Labour)
You have made clear your views on the exclusion in the Bill of the use of sexual infidelity in respect of this defence. One of the other suggestions is that the phrase “gross provocation” ought to be used to highlight the very high level of the remaining loss of self-control. I will come on to one further question about that in a moment. What would your view be on the use of a phrase such as “gross provocation” in the law, instead of the replacements we have here?