Extract from Public Bill committee proceedings on the Domestic Abuse Bill - June 17
Thursday, 18 June 2020 08:50
Jess Phillips (Birmingham, Yardley) (Lab):...I am nearly done—worry
not—because I want the Minister to have plenty of time to respond.
In the evidence session, the hon. Member for Louth and Horncastle
talked about the national referral mechanism after it was raised by
another Member. In fact, a victim of domestic violence was asked
during the evidence session whether she had been referred to the
national referral mechanism. As somebody who used to be one of the
people administering the...Request free
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(Birmingham, Yardley)
(Lab):...I am nearly done—worry not—because I want the Minister to
have plenty of time to respond. In the evidence session, the hon.
Member for Louth and Horncastle talked about the national referral
mechanism after it was raised by another Member. In fact, a victim
of domestic violence was asked during the evidence session whether
she had been referred to the national referral mechanism. As
somebody who used to be one of the people administering the
national referral mechanism and who ran one of the trafficking
services for many years—in fact, I helped to set it up with
the Salvation Army as one of the
sub-contractors—I want to express, for the benefit of the
Committee, some concerns about the cross-over with the national
referral mechanism in such cases...
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