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Plaid Cymru MP Elfyn Llwyd led a major cross-party push yesterday for all types of domestic violence to be made a criminal offence.
Currently criminal proceedings are focused on finding physical evidence of violent crimes committed against domestic abuse victims.
Mr Llwyd introduced a Bill providing that a person could be found guilty of an offence if they display any behaviour which is covered by the government’s updated definition of domestic violence.
NORMA AUSTIN HART reports from a conference on on the rights of women prisoners in the Scottish criminal justice system
As peers prepare to debate reform of the 1861 Offences Against the Person Act, Labour MP Tonia Antoniazzi leads a bid to end the criminalisation of women who end pregnancies at home. LYNNE WALSH reports
AMANDA J QUICK warns about the ever-expanding influence of the sex industry – and the harm it unleashes on both the women involved and society collectively, especially the young