Debates between Baroness Butler-Sloss and Lord Bates during the 2019-2024 Parliament

Mon 25th Jan 2021
Domestic Abuse Bill
Lords Chamber

Committee stage:Committee: 1st sitting (Hansard) & Committee: 1st sitting (Hansard) & Committee: 1st sitting (Hansard): House of Lords & Committee stage

Domestic Abuse Bill

Debate between Baroness Butler-Sloss and Lord Bates
Committee stage & Committee: 1st sitting (Hansard) & Committee: 1st sitting (Hansard): House of Lords
Monday 25th January 2021

(3 years, 9 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Bates Portrait The Deputy Chairman of Committees (Lord Bates) (Con)
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Finally, I call the noble and learned Baroness, Lady Butler-Sloss, to respond to the debate on her amendment.

Baroness Butler-Sloss Portrait Baroness Butler-Sloss (CB) [V]
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I thank everybody who has played a part in this quite long debate. I have learned a great deal from what so many people have said. Because it has taken nearly two hours, I propose—much to my regret, but perhaps to the pleasure of everyone else in the Committee—not to reply to any of the points that have been made, save two. I also thank the Minister, although I am disappointed, but not surprised, by his response to my amendments.

My first point, which was also made by the noble Lord, Lord Randall of Uxbridge, is that although a great many bits of the Modern Slavery Act had been in other legislation, it was thought a good idea to have an umbrella Act that would cover all those aspects. Nobody took the point that they were actually also found elsewhere. With this landmark Bill—as the noble Lord, Lord Cormack, has called it—I really do not see why we cannot adopt the same process as we adopted with the Modern Slavery Act.