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  Domestic Abuse Bill - After Clause 64 - Training for Judges and Magistrates
  
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  @ MP voted aye not to require all judges and magistrates in the family courts undergo specialist training in relation to rape, sexual and domestic abuse, and coercive control.
  
  @ MP voted no to require all judges and magistrates in the family courts undergo specialist training in relation to rape, sexual and domestic abuse, and coercive control.
  
  
  The majority of MPs voted not to require all judges and magistrates in the family courts undergo specialist training in relation to rape, sexual and domestic abuse, and coercive control.
  
  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 33
  
  Lords amendment 33[3] began:
  
  :Insert the following new Clauseâ
  :â''Training''
  :(1) The Secretary of State shall within six months of the passing of this Act publishâ
  :(a) a strategy for providing specialist training for all magistrates and judges hearing cases in family proceedings in the Family Courts concerning rape, sexual and domestic abuse and coercive control; and
  :(b) a timetable for the delivery of the training mentioned in paragraph (a), to include the training of all judges and magistrates who are already hearing or who are to be appointed to hear Family cases and to include continuing professional development training for all such judges and magistrates.
  :(2) The training mentioned in subsection (1)(a) must include but is not limited to training concerningâ
  :(a) the impact upon victims and witnesses, both adults and children, of the trauma of rape, sexual and domestic abuse and coercive control;
  :(b) the risks and difficulties for victims and witnesses in giving evidence and taking part in proceedings concerning rape, sexual, domestic abuse and coercive control; and
  :(c) the risks and difficulties for victims and witnesses of being involved in proceedings where one or more other parties may be the perpetrators of rape, sexual and domestic abuse and coercive control or persons connected to such perpetrators
  
  The explanatory notes to the Lords amendments[5] stated :
  
  :"Lords Amendment 33 would insert a new clause which would provide for a requirement that all judges and magistrates in the family courts undergo specialist training in relation to rape, sexual and domestic abuse, and coercive control in accordance with a strategy and timetable published by the Secretary of State."
  
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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/lbill/58-01/124/5801124_en_5.html#pt4-l1g55 Clause 55 of the version of the Domestic Abuse Bill to which the amendment relates], Parliament.uk
  * [5] [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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