Image caption Eilidh Whiteford said the vote had “sent out a strong signal to women across the UK” The UK government has supported an SNP MP"s bill to ratify an international convention on combating violence against women and girls.
The government signed up to the Istanbul Convention in June 2012 but is yet to formally ratify it.
Banff and Buchan MP Eilidh Whiteford put forward a member"s bill on the subject, calling for a “united voice”.
Ministers said they are “committed” to the convention, and the bill moved to the next stage by 135 votes to 2.
However Home Office minister Brandon Lewis also said he would want to amend the bill at a later stage to remove a four-week timetable included, leading to calls for “hard, specific dates” on when action would be taken.
"Bottom drawer"The Scottish government had also urged the UK to ratify the Council of Europe accord. It states that “it is the obligation of the state to fully address” violence against women “in all its fo..
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