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

So, if a woman taunts her husband about her sexual activity with a third party and he, in his fury, moves towards her and shoves her hard and she falls over, hits her head and dies, that is not a provocation because, uniquely, the jury will be told that it cannot take sexual infidelity into account. It is nonsense. I shall not go on repeating the same point, because it has repeatedly failed to be answered and I am aware that we would quite like to vote on the amendment.