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HANSARDAntisocial BehaviourThe beating crime plan set out the Government’s enduring commitment to driving down antisocial behaviour. Home Office statutory guidance supports local areas to make effective use…20 Jun 2022HANSARDDomestic AbuseThis Government are committed to tackling violence against women and girls, including domestic abuse, and that is why we introduced the landmark Domestic Abuse Act 2021. In March…20 Jun 2022HANSARDAntisocial BehaviourThe hon. Lady is completely wrong in the contention she puts forward to the House. This Government introduced the beating crime plan, which puts tackling antisocial behaviour at…20 Jun 2022HANSARDDomestic AbuseThe hon. Lady will know from our many debates in the House on this issue that we set out our holistic response to domestic abuse in the domestic abuse plan. If she looks at that,…20 Jun 2022HANSARDDomestic AbuseMy hon. Friend raises an important point. As I said in my previous answer, tackling perpetrators is a vital part of our work, but our response goes wider than just the criminal…20 Jun 2022HANSARDAntisocial Behaviour and Off-road BikesI thank the hon. Lady for her challenge. I am always happy to listen to specific challenges or requests from policing partners. She raises an issue outside the direct scope of my…26 May 2022HANSARDAntisocial Behaviour and Off-road BikesI thank the hon. Gentleman for his point, but I can assure him that I have met Joy Allen myself, not on this issue, but on other issues. I am always happy to meet police and crime…26 May 2022HANSARDAntisocial Behaviour and Off-road BikesIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Fovargue. I join with other Members in thanking the hon. Member for Easington (Grahame Morris) for securing this debate, and…26 May 2022HANSARDViolence Against Women and GirlsTackling violence against women and girls is a top priority for this Government. Since publishing our cross-Government tackling violence against women and girls strategy last…25 Apr 2022HANSARDViolence Against Women and GirlsI thank my hon. Friend for his astute observations and strongly agree that that Bill is absolutely vital as part of our package of measures to respond to violence against women…25 Apr 2022HANSARDViolence Against Women and GirlsI thank the right hon. Lady for all the work that she is doing, across the piece, on tackling violence against women and girls. She is right to say that this is a huge priority…25 Apr 2022HANSARDViolence Against Women and GirlsI thank my right hon. Friend for her continuous involvement in and advocacy on these issues. She will know that the Online Safety Bill includes a range of measures to make the…25 Apr 2022HANSARDViolence Against Women and GirlsThis is exactly why we have introduced to the House the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill. If the hon. Lady was listening to my earlier remarks, she would have heard me…25 Apr 2022HANSARDDrinks SpikingThe Government take this issue extremely seriously. We are taking a range of actions, including reclassifying GHB and related substances from class C to class B drugs under the…25 Apr 2022HANSARDDrinks SpikingMy hon. Friend is right that drink spiking and needle spiking have a very serious impact. I fully understand the anxiety of his constituent, and of course all our hearts go out to…25 Apr 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am very happy to work with the hon. Lady—we have already spoken about the issue, and I am grateful for her interest in it. As the country gets back to festivals this summer, we…25 Apr 2022HANSARD Support for Black Victims of Domestic AbuseIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Christopher. I thank the hon. Member for Erith and Thamesmead (Abena Oppong-Asare) for introducing the debate and setting…28 Mar 2022HANSARD Support for Black Victims of Domestic AbuseI urge the hon. Lady to have a tiny bit of patience, because if the usual channels provide me with the time, I will come to the House to speak in detail about the domestic abuse…28 Mar 2022HANSARD Support for Black Victims of Domestic AbuseYes, I strongly agree. That was the evidence that came out of the call for evidence, which had the largest response of any Government consultation —or one of the largest; it was…28 Mar 2022HANSARD Support for Black Victims of Domestic AbuseIt does indeed. The hon. Lady will not need to wait much longer to read the domestic abuse plan in full, nor for the domestic abuse statutory guidance that she has asked about. We…28 Mar 2022