United Kingdom · Bill · Private Members' Bill (under the Ten Minute Rule)
Bill 1955
Crime (Aggravated Murder of and Violence Against Women) Bill
Introduced
31 January 2017
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Status
2nd reading
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22 March 2017
Summary
A Bill to make provision about the aggravated murder of, and aggravated domestic violence against, women, who are citizens of the United Kingdom, outside the United Kingdom; to prohibit the use of the term honour killing in official publications; to require the Government to arrange for, and meet from public funds the costs of, the repatriation of the bodies of female citizens of the United Kingdom who are victims of aggravated murder outside the United Kingdom and the provision of assistance to female citizens of the United Kingdom who are victims of aggravated domestic violence outside the United Kingdom in order to enable them to return to the United Kingdom; to provide for the prosecution in the United Kingdom in certain circumstances of citizens of the United Kingdom who commit the aggravated murder of, or threaten or incite domestic violence against, women, who are citizens of the United Kingdom, outside the United Kingdom; and for connected purposes.
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- Official source: https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/1955
- Open data entity: https://bills-api.parliament.uk/api/v1/Bills/1955