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	registered interest
	date	30/10/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have any plans to ratify the Istanbul Convention now that the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Bill 2014 has received Royal Assent.
	tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of St Albans
	uin	HL2559
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2014 answer text <p>The Coalition Government signed the Istanbul Convention on 8 June 2012 signalling its strong commitment on tackling violence against women and girls. The UK already has some of the most robust protections in the world against violence towards women and we already comply with the majority of the articles to the convention. <br><br>One of the key components was the criminalisation of forced marriage which has now come into force following Royal Assent of the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014. However government departments and the devolved administrations continue to rigorously examine whether we are doing everything necessary to be able to ratify the convention. In particular, this includes considering the extent to which we first need to take extra-territorial jurisdiction in respect of offences established in accordance with the <br>convention.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 18/11/2014 17:45:30 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	4308 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans

226036

	registered interest
	date	09/03/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Government plans to ratify the Council of Europe's Istanbul Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence.
	tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
	tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
	uin	226663
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p>The Coalition Government signed the Istanbul Convention on 8 June 2012 signalling its strong commitment on tackling violence against women and girls. <br><br>The UK already has some of the most robust protections in the world against violence towards women and we already comply with the vast majority of the articles to the convention. Primary legislation will be needed to comply with the extra-territorial jurisdiction provisions in Article 44 of the Convention before it can be ratified.<br><br>Ministers are currently considering the extent to which we need to amend the criminal law of England and Wales for compliance with Article 44 prior to ratification of the Convention. Any changes necessary to the criminal law in Scotland and Northern Ireland prior to ratification are matters for the devolved administrations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 18/03/2015 11:48:20 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone previous answer version 49424 answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
	tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

91063

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to ratify the Istanbul Convention.
	tabling member constituency	Totnes
	tabling member printed	Dr Sarah Wollaston
	uin	208460
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The Coalition Government signed the Istanbul Convention on 8 June 2012 signalling its strong commitment on tackling violence against women and girls. The UK already has some of the most robust protections in the world against violence towards women and we already comply with the majority of the articles to the Convention. <br><br>One of the key components was the criminalisation of forced marriage which has now come into force following Royal Assent of the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014. However Government Departments and the Devolved Administrations continue to rigorously examine whether we are doing everything necessary to be able to ratify the Convention. In particular, this includes considering the extent to which we first need to take extra-territorial jurisdiction in respect of offences established in accordance with the Convention.</p><p /> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker question first answered 16/09/2014 16:32:04 answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker
	tabling member	4073 label Biography information for Dr Sarah Wollaston

166642

	registered interest
	date	27/11/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government by what date they expect that departments and the devolved administrations will have completed their consideration of extra-territorial jurisdiction in respect of offences established in accordance with the Istanbul Convention.
	tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of St Albans
	uin	HL3233
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2014 answer text <p /> <p>This government takes its international obligations very seriously. That is why we signed the Istanbul Convention on 8 June 2012, to show our strong commitment to tackling violence against women and girls.</p><p> </p><p>The UK has some of the most robust laws in the world against violence towards women and girls. We have criminalised forced marriage but primary legislation will also be needed to comply with the extra-territorial jurisdiction provisions in Article 44 of the Convention before it can be ratified.</p><p> </p><p>Justice Ministers are currently considering the extent to which we need to amend the criminal law of England and Wales for compliance with Article 44 prior to ratification of the Convention.</p><p> </p><p>Any changes necessary to the criminal law in Scotland and Northern Ireland prior to ratification are matters for the devolved administrations. We will consult Ministers in the devolved administrations about whether legislative changes in England and Wales should extend to Scotland and Northern Ireland.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 08/12/2014 15:40:28 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
	tabling member	4308 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans