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HANSARDOnline Misogyny: VictimsI totally agree with my hon. Friend. Online misogyny radicalises our boys, pressures our girls, and fuels harmful attitudes. It must be tackled in order to protect all our…16 Dec 2025HANSARDInternational Child Abduction: Domestic AbuseThe Government take seriously concerns about the operation of this Hague convention in situations where domestic abuse is present. Internationally, the UK continues to work with…16 Dec 2025HANSARDFamily Court: ReformThe hon. Lady is right; the delays in our family court are untenable, and families, children particularly, are waiting too long for resolution. That is why we are determined to go…16 Dec 2025HANSARDFamily Court: ReformI welcome the hon. Lady’s question. The Government are committed to reforming the family court to improve support for adult and child victims of domestic abuse. The pathfinder…16 Dec 2025HANSARDInternational Child Abduction: Domestic AbuseI welcome the hon. Lady’s question and her continued engagement on this really important issue. The Government are now considering initiating further qualitative research on the…16 Dec 2025HANSARD Criminal Justice System: WalesI thank the right hon. Member for Dwyfor Meirionnydd (Liz Saville Roberts) for bringing this important debate to the House this evening. She will know that I am a proud Justice…16 Dec 2025HANSARD Criminal Justice System: WalesI would like to see the information that the right hon. Lady has, because the information I have had is that our court system in Wales has quite a severe backlog. Victims and…16 Dec 2025HANSARDOnline Misogyny: VictimsAll misogyny is abhorrent, but we know that online misogyny is becoming increasingly pervasive. We have criminalised the creation of intimate deepfakes without consent, and we are…16 Dec 2025HANSARD Criminal Justice System: WalesWe will always be evidence-led. The right hon. Lady mentioned that the issue is not political. We will always look at what the data is telling us, and I will happily work with her…16 Dec 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Lady is right: I am a woman on a mission. I will meet her early in the new year, ahead of Report, to discuss her amendments and the Bill’s progress through the House.16 Dec 2025HANSARDTackling Violence against Women and GirlsOur work to halve violence against women and girls in a decade started the day we entered government. We have already announced a series of cross-Government measures to tackle…10 Dec 2025HANSARDTackling Violence against Women and GirlsI thank my hon. Friend for that really important question. Making the online environment a safer place for women and girls is a priority for this Government. It is this Government…10 Dec 2025HANSARDTackling Violence against Women and GirlsShut It Down and organisations like it are a brilliant tool. Everyone should feel safe and valued in school. We want our schools to counter misogynistic views by teaching boys…10 Dec 2025HANSARDTackling Violence against Women and GirlsThe hon. Lady is right, and Refuge does brilliant work to support victims of tech-based abuse. I have been to its offices and seen its team working really hard on this issue. The…10 Dec 2025HANSARDTackling Violence against Women and GirlsThe grooming gangs scandal was one of the darkest moments in this country’s history, with vulnerable young people being failed time and time again. The Prime Minister, the Home…10 Dec 2025HANSARDTackling Violence against Women and GirlsI totally agree with the hon. Lady, and I commend Chelmsford city council’s work. If we are really going to halve the level of violence against women and girls over the course of…10 Dec 2025HANSARDPublic Office (Accountability) Bill (Fifth sitting)I have a very close working relationship with the chief coroner, as the hon. Member would probably expect given my role. We work together very closely, and we have had significant…04 Dec 2025HANSARDPublic Office (Accountability) Bill (Fifth sitting)We are expanding legal aid. The provision of non-means-tested legal aid for bereaved families at an inquest or inquiry where there is a public authority as an interested person is…04 Dec 2025HANSARDPublic Office (Accountability) Bill (Fifth sitting)That is correct. There is no new money for this; it has to be found out of existing Government Department budgets. This is in order to, as we have debated, figure out exactly how…04 Dec 2025HANSARDPublic Office (Accountability) Bill (Fifth sitting)I can confirm that we are working very closely on a way forward on the framework for the legal aid mechanism of the Bill. I will happily update Members and the House as we…04 Dec 2025