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HANSARDSupport for VictimsOur victims Bill will improve support for victims of crime, so they can cope with and recover from the impact. It will help them remain engaged with the criminal justice system…18 Oct 2022HANSARDIntimate Image AbuseI thank the hon. Gentleman for bringing that matter to the attention of the House. Of course, the Government have a range of responses to keep all women—not just BBC…18 Oct 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is completely right to highlight the harm and the horrendous impacts of drug dealing in his constituency. There are already significant penalties for supplying that…18 Oct 2022HANSARDSupport for VictimsThis Government are determined to stand behind victims of crime. That is why, as the hon. Lady knows, the Justice Committee has carried out detailed pre-legislative scrutiny. We…18 Oct 2022HANSARDIntimate Image AbuseMy right hon. Friend has a hugely impressive track record of campaigning on all these issues, to enable women and girls to live safely both online and in the real world. She…18 Oct 2022HANSARDIntimate Image AbuseThe Government welcome the Law Commission’s review, and we are carefully considering its recommendations. As my right hon. Friend will expect, the Lord Chancellor is working very…18 Oct 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI will be happy to look into that case. More broadly, the hon. Lady highlights the vital importance of the police and the CPS working closely together when they develop case files…18 Oct 2022HANSARDViolence Against Women and Girls: Criminal Justice System ReformI thank the hon. Lady, but I strongly disagree with her remark that we are ignoring the problem. As she will know from Home Office questions, in which we have had many exchanges…18 Oct 2022HANSARDViolence Against Women and Girls: Criminal Justice System ReformIt is lovely to have these exchanges across the Dispatch Boxes with the hon. Lady, and I am sure that we will have more of them, because it is in all our interests that we improve…18 Oct 2022HANSARDViolence Against Women and Girls: Criminal Justice System ReformI thank my hon. Friend for bringing his constituents’ concerns to the House and I would be delighted to meet him to discuss that in detail.18 Oct 2022HANSARDViolence Against Women and Girls: Criminal Justice System ReformSince we published the end-to-end rape review, rape convictions have increased by 77% in the past year, and they are up by 30% on pre-pandemic levels. But there is much more to…18 Oct 2022HANSARDViolence Against Women and Girls: Criminal Justice System ReformI thank the hon. Lady for her remarks; I have two observations on what she said. First, she talks about the Met police. The Labour Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, is the police and…18 Oct 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe will legislate to go further to allow Ministers to block release.18 Oct 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe public rightly want to know how that was allowed to happen, which is the impetus for our root-and-branch reform of the Parole Board. It now falls to the Parole Board to review…18 Oct 2022HANSARD Child Murders: SentencingThe hon. Gentleman has gone to the heart of the issue of premeditation, which is relatively new with respect to the PCSC Act and how we have framed the law around sentencing. If I…11 Oct 2022HANSARD Child Murders: SentencingI very sincerely thank my hon. Friend the Member for Crewe and Nantwich (Dr Mullan) for securing the debate—our first of the parliamentary term—and it is a real pleasure to be…11 Oct 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI commend the Home Secretary’s extensive and robust work to tackle the number of Albanian economic migrants arriving in small boats. However, what more can she do to keep our…05 Sept 2022HANSARD Functioning of GovernmentIt was an enormous honour to serve as a Minister in the Home Office until yesterday, tackling violence against women and girls. I know that is a cause that all Members of this…07 Jul 2022HANSARD Child Sexual Exploitation and Safeguarding in OldhamI am going to come on to say exactly that. I hope that the hon. Lady is not conflating the two points I am seeking to make. Absolutely, there were failings by professionals who…30 Jun 2022HANSARD Child Sexual Exploitation and Safeguarding in OldhamI think we can all agree that we have heard an incredibly powerful speech, and a very thoughtful one, from the hon. Member for Oldham West and Royton (Jim McMahon) on an extremely…30 Jun 2022