Part of Domestic Abuse Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 4:00 pm on 17 June 2020.
Nickie Aiken
Conservative, Cities of London and Westminster
4:00,
17 June 2020
I want to get to the bottom of this. Is the hon. Lady saying that there is a lack or a vacuum in the Bill or in statutory guidance full stop, or are local authorities not complying or doing what they should under existing legislation or statutory guidance? If they are not doing what they should be doing—if Sandwell, which is a Labour council, or Ealing, which is a Labour-led council are not doing what they should be doing—surely it is possible to go to the ombudsman? Surely there is a way to hold local authorities to account if they are not carrying out their statutory duty?