§ 58. Mr. Rees-Daviesasked the Attorney-General whether he has given consideration to amending the rules of the Supreme Court to permit a woman, married or unmarried, to apply for an injunction by means of an originating summons setting out that she has suffered an assault occasioning actual bodily harm, in accordance with the information supplied by Sir George Baker to the Select Committee on Violence in Marriage; and if he will make a statement.
§ The Solicitor-GeneralYes. My noble Friend is in favour of such a provision. He also considers that the proposed procedure should be available in the county courts, which would require legislation. That is one reason why the Government support the Domestic Violence Bill which my honourable Friend the Member for Barking (Miss Richardson) has introduced.