Clause 55 - Support provided by local authorities to victims of domestic abuse

Domestic Abuse Bill – in the House of Commons at 3:45 pm on 15 April 2021.

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  • Division number 253
    A majority of MPs voted not to require facilities and organisations enabling children to meet the parents they don't live with to be accredited in accordance with national standards in relation to safeguarding and preventing domestic abuse.

Motion made and Question put, That this House disagrees with Lords amendment 9.—(Victoria Atkins.)

Division number 253 Domestic Abuse Bill — Clause 55 — Support Provided by Local Authorities to Victims of Domestic Abuse — Child Contact Centre Accreditation

A majority of MPs voted not to require facilities and organisations enabling children to meet the parents they don't live with to be accredited in accordance with national standards in relation to safeguarding and preventing domestic abuse.

Aye: 350 MPs

No: 221 MPs

Aye: A-Z by last name

Tellers

No: A-Z by last name

Tellers

Absent: 72 MPs

Absent: A-Z by last name

The House divided: Ayes 352, Noes 222.

Question accordingly agreed to.

Lords amendment 9 disagreed to.

The list of Members currently certified as eligible for a proxy vote, and of the Members nominated as their proxy, is published at the end of today’s debates.

Lords amendments 10 to 32 agreed to.