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  Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence (Ratification of Convention) Bill - Second Reading
  
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  @ MP voted aye in favour of ratifying a European convention aimed at preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence.
  @ MP voted no against ratifying a European convention aimed at preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence.
  
  
  The majority of MPs voted in favour of ratifying a European convention aimed at preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence.
  
  MPs were considering the Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence (Ratification of Convention) Bill[1].
  
  The motion supported by the majority of MPs in this vote was:
  
  :That the Bill be now read a Second time.
  
  Support for the motion enabled the Bill to continue on its path to becoming law. 
  
  The Bill requires the Government to take all reasonable steps as soon as reasonably practicable to enable the United Kingdom to become compliant with [https://rm.coe.int/CoERMPublicCommonSearchServices/DisplayDCTMContent?documentId=090000168008482e the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence, Treaty no. 210 (the âIstanbul Conventionâ)].
  
  The convention contains the following clauses, among others:
  
  * Parties shall take the necessary legislative and other  measures to promote and protect the right for everyone, particularly women, to live free from violence in both the public and the private sphere.
  
  *Parties condemn all forms of discrimination against women and take, without delay, the necessary legislative and other measures to prevent it, in particular by:
  
  *âembodying in their national constitutions or other appropriate legislation the principle of equality between women and men and ensuring the practical realisation of this principle;
  
  *âprohibiting discrimination against women, including through the use of sanctions, where appropriate;
  
  *âabolishing laws and practices which discriminate against women
  
  
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  * [1] [http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2016-17/preventingandcombatingviolenceagainstwomenanddomesticviolence.html Parliament's webpage on the Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence (Ratification of Convention) Bill]
  
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