Stalking and Domestic Violence Debate

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Department: Home Office

Stalking and Domestic Violence

Baroness Featherstone Excerpts
Thursday 24th November 2016

(8 years, 1 month ago)

Lords Chamber
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Baroness Williams of Trafford Portrait Baroness Williams of Trafford
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These offences, in particular the stalking offences, are relatively new. As I said, the Government keep legislation under review all the time. We will look at it if there is evidence that it needs to be changed.

Baroness Featherstone Portrait Baroness Featherstone (LD)
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My Lords, as the Minister said, during the coalition years laws were introduced so that a woman could stay in a house with an emergency order over the weekend, extendable up to one month. How many of those have been issued?

Baroness Williams of Trafford Portrait Baroness Williams of Trafford
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I will have to get back to the noble Baroness on the exact numbers, but that system is still in place. That has not changed.