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Campaigners welcome return of Domestic Abuse Bill as reports of abuse increase during lockdown
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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.
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