No Clause 104 Campaign
Clause 104 of the UK’s Crime & Policing Bill will criminalise DV victim-survivors and forcibly separate mothers & children. It is about to be debated in the House of Lords. Along with colleagues from the VAW sector we are calling for the clause to be removed and have sent this letter, and a full briefing to a number of peers to ask for their support.
Dear Members of the House of Lords
We are writing to express urgent and serious concerns regarding the proposed criminalisation of domestic abuse victims within the Crime and Policing Bill, and to ask for your support to remove the
relevant clause 104.
The proposal has been driven by lobbying from Reunite and Both Parents Matter (formerly Families Need Fathers) with no adequate scrutiny of its impact on victims of domestic abuse. … [read more]
