motion_title: Domestic Abuse Bill: New Clause 15 - Children as victims of domestic abuse
motion_text: The Deputy Speaker put forthwith the Question already proposed from the Chair (Standing Order No. 83E), That the clause be read a Second time.
  
  Clause text:
  
  New Clause 15 - Children as victims of domestic abuse
  ‘(1) This section applies where behaviour of a person (“A”) towards another person (“B”) is domestic abuse.
  (2) Any reference in this Act to a victim of domestic abuse includes a reference to a child who—
  (a) sees or hears, or experiences the effects of, the abuse, and
  (b) is related to A or B.
  (3) A child is related to a person for the purposes of subsection (2) if—
  (a) the person is a parent of, or has parental responsibility for, the child, or
  (b) the child and the person are relatives.
  (4) In this section—
  “child” means a person under the age of 18 years;
  “parental responsibility” has the same meaning as in the Children Act 1989 (see section 3 of that Act);
  “relative” has the meaning given by section 63(1) of the Family Law Act 1996.” —(Victoria Atkins.)