Clause 45 — Meaning of "qualifying trigger"

Part of Bill Presented – in the House of Commons at 7:45 pm on 9 November 2009.

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Photo of Ann Widdecombe Ann Widdecombe Conservative, Maidstone and The Weald 7:45, 9 November 2009

The hon. Gentleman sums it up exactly. Somebody snaps and loses control, and whether or not a circumstance is sufficient to cause that snap will be decided by the jury in every circumstance, no matter how trivial, other than sexual infidelity. I do not hear the case made for an exception for that single category of provocation.