Legislative Consent Motion: Domestic Abuse Bill - Tuesday 23 June 2020
Channel: Northern Ireland Assembly
Date: 2020-06-23

Minister of Justice Naomi Long proposes that the Assembly endorses the extension to Northern Ireland of the relevant provisions of the Domestic Abuse Bill, introduced in the House of Commons on 3 March 2020. The Bill would extend the power of the courts in Northern Ireland to try in the home jurisdiction certain sexual and violent offences which have been committed abroad.