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CAMPAIGNERS welcomed the return of the Domestic Abuse Bill to Parliament today, insisting that measures are more urgent now that such abuse is increasing during the Covid-19 lockdown.
The Bill was stalled last year after PM Boris Johnson decided to prorogue Parliament and then call a general election.
It had its second reading in the Commons after women reported a spike in levels of physical and psychological abuse.
NORMA AUSTIN HART reports from a conference on on the rights of women prisoners in the Scottish criminal justice system
Legal frameworks designed to safeguard women are too often weaponised against them, reinforcing male power and entrenching injustice. The FiLiA Ending MVAWG Team highlight some of the issues
Evidence to peers from medical leaders, patient safety officials and the children’s commissioner has intensified fears that the Bill’s safeguards are inadequate, writes ADAM JAMES POLLOCK