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Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence (Ratification of Convention) Bill

– in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 24 February 2017.

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[Relevant document: The Sixth Report of the Joint Committee on Human Rights, Session 2014-15, Violence against women and girls, HC 594.]

Consideration of Bill, not amended in the Public Bill Committee.

New Clause 6

Domestic Violence

violence occurring within the family

Clause

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During the committee stage of a bill, MPs examine these clauses in detail and may introduce new clauses of their own or table amendments to the existing clauses.

When a bill becomes an Act of Parliament, clauses become known as sections.