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  Domestic Abuse Bill - Effective Protection and Support for all Victims of Domestic Abuse
  
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  @ MP voted aye against requiring the Government to provide all victims of domestic abuse with effective support and protection. 
  
  @ MP voted no to require the Government to provide all victims of domestic abuse with effective support and protection. 
  
  
  The majority of MPs voted against requiring the Government to provide all victims of domestic abuse with effective support and protection. 
  
  MPs were considering the Domestic Abuse Bill.[1][2]
  
  The motion supported by a majority of MPs in this vote was:
  
  :That this House disagrees with Lords amendment 43
  
  Lords amendment 43[3] stated:
  
  :Insert the following new Clauseâ
  :â''Effective protection and support for all victims of domestic abuse''
  :(1) The Secretary of State must take steps to ensure that all victims of domestic abuse, irrespective of their status, receiveâ
  :(a) equally effective protection against domestic abuse, and
  :(b) equally effective support.
  :(2) In this sectionâ
  :âstatusâ includes a status for the purpose of Article 4(3) of the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence and any combined forms of such status;
  :âvictims of domestic abuseâ includes persons who are reasonably believed to be at risk of domestic abuse.â
  
  The explanatory notes to the Lords amendments[4] stated:
  
  :"Lords Amendment 43 would require the Secretary of State to take steps to ensure that all victims of domestic abuse receive equally effective support and protection against domestic of abuse, regardless of their status, which includes a status for the purposes of Article 4(3) of the [https://rm.coe.int/168008482e Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence ("the Istanbul Convention")]."
  
  
  
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  * [1] [https://services.parliament.uk/bills/2019-21/domesticabuse.html Parliament's webpage on the Domestic Abuse Bill], Parliament.uk
  * [2] [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/58-01/0096/en/20096en.pdf Explanatory notes to the Domestic Abuse Bill as introduced in the House of Commons on 3 March 2020], Parliament.uk
  * [3] [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/58-01/0281/200281.pdf Lords amendments to the Domestic Abuse Bill], Parliament.uk
  * [4] [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/58-01/0281/en/200281en.pdf Explanatory notes to the Lords amendments to the Domestic Abuse Bill as brought from the House of Commons on 7 July 2020, notes dated 25 March 2021], Parliament.uk
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