Motion or amendment: Protecting Victims of Coercive Control - Amendment 1
Motion or amendment by Mr Timothy Gaston on .
- MLA
- Mr Timothy Gaston
- Party at the time
- Traditional Unionist Voice
- Date
- 30 April 2026
- Type
- Motion or amendment
- Business
- Motion Amendment · Private Members' Motion · to “Protecting Victims of Coercive Control”
- Heading
- Protecting Victims of Coercive Control - Amendment 1
- Assembly identifier
- Document 482415
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Protecting Victims of Coercive Control - Amendment 1
Leave out all after ‘evidential requirements;’ and insert:
‘further recognises that the failures exposed by the Máiría Cahill case demonstrate the consequences of systems that do not adequately protect victims of abuse and coercion; calls on the Minister of Justice to ensure that the lessons learned from that case are fully reflected across all relevant proceedings, including family courts, so that victims are not re-traumatised or placed at a disadvantage; and further calls on the Minister to urgently commence all outstanding protections under the 2021 Act, to simplify and extend access to legal aid for victims, and to ensure that family court proceedings cannot be exploited by perpetrators to exert coercive control.’
120 words. Text as published by the Northern Ireland Assembly.
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