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Finally, the Government have also failed to grasp the role that the Bill could have played in strengthening safeguards and support for families experiencing domestic abuse. Cross party, we have come a long way in how we deal with domestic abuse cases in this country, and the legislation has been massively progressive over the last few years. I particularly welcome how the previous Government worked to recognise children as victims in their own right in domestic abuse cases. However, the safeguarding provisions in the Bill could have gone further and been used as an opportunity to do more to provide explicitly for children who experience male violence.