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HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill (Second sitting)Q Suky, why do you feel that stalking protection orders would be more beneficial and effective and provide better protection to victims than restraining orders, which are…27 Mar 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill (Second sitting)Q I have a quick question for you, Baroness Newlove, on the measures in the Bill around the offence of taking intimate images. Do you agree that the base offence, which has no…27 Mar 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill (First sitting)Q Thank you for that. One of the other things that you touched on—it was referenced by the previous witnesses—is the importance of not just making legislative change, but having a…27 Mar 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill (First sitting)Q Thank you, Colin, for coming in today and, to echo the words of the shadow Minister, for all of the work that you do on this; it is really appreciated. You mentioned that you…27 Mar 2025HANSARD Miscarriage of Justice CompensationIt is a privilege to serve under your inaugural chairship today, Mr Turner, and what an important debate for that chairship. I also place on record my sincere diolch yn fawr iawn…19 Mar 2025HANSARD Domestic Abuse OffencesI congratulate the hon. Member for Eastbourne (Josh Babarinde) on securing this important debate, and I thank him for his commitment to tackling domestic abuse. His leadership is…17 Mar 2025HANSARD Domestic Abuse OffencesMy hon. Friend is a tireless campaigner on this issue. To echo the words of the Prime Minister, the family courts should never be allowed to be used as a means for an abuser to…17 Mar 2025HANSARD Domestic Abuse OffencesThe hon. Member makes an important point, and he has pre-empted the next section of my speech. The Government and I are actively considering how we can better identify domestic…17 Mar 2025HANSARDIntimate Image AbuseI will happily meet my hon. Friend, but let me reassure him: we are launching within policing our national centre for violence against women and girls and public protection—that…11 Mar 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my hon. Friend for his important question, and my thoughts are with his constituent as she navigates this difficulty. The Government will consider carefully the 2024…11 Mar 2025HANSARDKnife Crime: VictimsIs he not? I will welcome engagement with him, though, and his scrutiny as the legislation progresses through the House. The Government are increasing penalties for illegal sales…11 Mar 2025HANSARDDomestic Violence Court Cases: BacklogWe are doing everything we can to support women and their children. We have declared this a national emergency, and we have that ambition of targeting and halving violence against…11 Mar 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my hon. Friend for that very important question. As part of our manifesto, we committed to fast-tracking rape cases through the system. We are carefully considering the…11 Mar 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI will happily meet my hon. Friend to discuss that further.11 Mar 2025HANSARDViolence against Women and GirlsThe Government are committed to bearing down on the caseload and bringing waiting times down for victims. Since July, we have put more funding into Crown courts, so that they will…11 Mar 2025HANSARDViolence against Women and GirlsFirst, I want to acknowledge something horrific that happened in my constituency over the weekend. In Talbot Green, my constituent Joanne Penney was tragically shot and killed on…11 Mar 2025HANSARDKnife Crime: VictimsI thank my hon. Friend for that really important question. As a Member of Parliament representing a devolved nation, I wholly agree. It is important that we work across the board…11 Mar 2025HANSARDKnife Crime: VictimsThe Ministry of Justice provides funding for victim support services to help victims recover from the impact of crime, including knife crime. The Government have committed to the…11 Mar 2025HANSARDIntimate Image AbuseWe are determined to keep victims safe both offline and online. In the Crime and Policing Bill, we have introduced offences to tackle the taking or recording of intimate images…11 Mar 2025HANSARDViolence against Women and GirlsI apologise for the horrific circumstances that the hon. Gentleman’s constituent found herself in; that is intolerable, and no victim in our country—no woman or girl—should ever…11 Mar 2025