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Amendment 340A from the noble Baroness, Lady Sugg, goes to the heart of how honour-based abuse actually operates. It confirms that the offence can involve multiple perpetrators, not just a single individual, and it explicitly covers situations where one person causes others to act abusively towards the victim—a ringleader orchestrating a group response, sometimes across generations and across borders. The murder of Banaz Mahmod is an example. Police believe that around 50 men were involved in that murder. Survivors and practitioners tell us that this pattern is common and that using the singular word “person” risks confusion in complex cases.