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Welfare Reform Bill

I apologise for interrupting the noble Baroness. I saw the use of the terminology "domestic emergency" as potentially broader than the detail of the noble Baroness’s amendment, which talks about having to flee the home. From what we have heard today, in most instances it is probably a woman with her children who has to flee the home. I can imagine that there may be some instances when someone is barred from the home, but that would not necessarily be a requirement. We are dealing here not only with the fact of domestic violence but also the fear of it. Again, I am happy to take this away and look at the regulations to ensure that it is absolutely clear that they cover the situations on which we are focusing. The regulations say that if there is a domestic emergency then there shall be an exemption, whether it is discretionary, so we have the period of exemption. Perhaps I did not make that sufficiently clear earlier on.