Skip to main content

Proceeding contribution from Baroness Featherstone (Liberal Democrat) in the House of Commons on Thursday, 21 January 2010. It occurred during Adjournment debate on Violence Against Women.


Violence Against Women

I thank the Solicitor-General for that. It would be really interesting to discuss the possibility of using the law to injunct the man and leave the woman in situ. However, the fear that the man would break the injunction or get to the woman has always meant that she has gone to a place of safety. I would be interested to hear what the Solicitor-General thinks might be done in that regard, because the logic is upside down. The best thing for the children and the woman would be to be left in situ, where they have some security and where they know the location and the neighbours and have all the things that give someone a life, rather than to have to flee and live in secret and in hiding.


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
504 c156WH 
Session
2009-10
Chamber / Committee
Westminster Hall
Subjects
Crimes of violence Advisory services Women Domestic abuse Forced marriage Police Rape Sentencing Victims Violence Forced marriage protection orders
Link
View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk