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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2015-06-17more like thismore than 2015-06-17
answering body
Home Office more like this
answering dept id 1 more like this
answering dept short name Home Office remove filter
answering dept sort name Home Office more like this
hansard heading Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
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pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they expect to ratify the Istanbul Convention in order to protect women and girls who have suffered sexual violence regardless of their immigration status. more like this
tabling member printed
Lord Hylton more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2015-06-24more like thismore than 2015-06-24
answer text <p>This Government is committed to ratifying the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (“the Istanbul Convention”).</p><p>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 in the Istanbul Convention. This includes those related to protecting women and girls, whatever type of violence or abuse they may have been subjected to and irrespective of their immigration status.</p><p>The UK Government is liaising with the devolved administrations about ratification, including any further legislative steps necessary.</p><p>Primary legislation will be needed to comply with the extra-territorial jurisdiction provisions in Article 44 of the Convention before it can be ratified.</p> more like this
answering member printed Lord Bates more like this
question first answered
less than 2015-06-24T13:50:30.627Zmore like thismore than 2015-06-24T13:50:30.627Z
answering member
1091
label Biography information for Lord Bates more like this
tabling member
2018
label Biography information for Lord Hylton more like this