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HANSARD Child Contact ArrangementsI was discussing that report with Baroness Levitt yesterday, so it is one that I am conscious of and one that we will be looking at. The Family Justice Council has published…10 Jun 2026HANSARD Child Contact ArrangementsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Dr Murrison. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Scarborough and Whitby (Alison Hume) and commend her for securing such an…10 Jun 2026HANSARD Family Justice System: Domestic Abuse and SafeguardingIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Furniss. I am honoured to speak in my first Westminster Hall debate as the Minister for Victims and Tackling Violence Against…21 May 2026HANSARD Family Justice System: Domestic Abuse and SafeguardingCommunication is absolutely essential, and a huge amount of work is being done to ensure it is in place. I am proud to be building on the work of my predecessor in that space. In…21 May 2026HANSARD Family Justice System: Domestic Abuse and SafeguardingI thank the hon. Member for his intervention. Of course, as he set out, we always need to be mindful of long-established principles of judicial independence in these matters.…21 May 2026HANSARDViolence against Women and GirlsThis Government are committed to halving violence against women and girls. Baroness Harman will report directly to the Prime Minister and work across Government to ensure that we…19 May 2026HANSARDVictims CodeThe new victims code will ensure that victims know what services, support and information they are entitled to in the criminal justice system, but our civil and family courts…19 May 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am honoured to take up the role and build on the incredible work that my hon. Friend the Member for Pontypridd (Alex Davies-Jones) undertook. She was absolutely essential to the…19 May 2026HANSARDViolence against Women and GirlsI thank my hon. Friend for her consistent and proactive support for domestic abuse victims. Ensuring that it is perpetrators and not victims who are punished and restricted is key…19 May 2026HANSARDFamily Court: Harassment of Domestic Abuse VictimsI thank my hon. Friend for again speaking up on behalf of domestic abuse victims. I remember the powerful debate that he secured on protecting children from domestic abuse. The…19 May 2026HANSARDFamily Court: Harassment of Domestic Abuse VictimsPerpetrators must not be allowed to use the family courts to further their abuse. While the family courts already have a range of tools designed to protect victims, we are going…19 May 2026HANSARDViolence against Women and GirlsThe Conservatives left a criminal justice system in which victims wait years for trials and feel traumatised by their experiences in court and in which our prisons were full, with…19 May 2026HANSARDVictims CodeI am grateful to the right hon. Member for raising this deeply distressing case. I pay tribute to Dr Birkett’s daughter for her courage in continuing to engage, which is truly…19 May 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my hon. Friend for her consistent efforts to raise the issue of online harms. Whether it is physical, verbal or online, abuse is abuse, and this Government are determined…19 May 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsThose of us who have spent years campaigning to address violence against women and girls know that we are building on the work of pioneers. Baroness Harman was one of those…19 May 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsIt is unsurprising, but yet again we do not have any Reform MPs in the Chamber. People will be shocked to hear about those cases of racially aggravated sexual violence, and any…19 May 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend and neighbour shares with me a keen interest in rail, as we represent a city that is at the centre of the largest cluster of rail companies in Europe. We have…19 May 2026HANSARDFamily Court: Harassment of Domestic Abuse VictimsI thank the hon. Member for raising this important issue. Alongside the roll-out of child-focused courts, more work needs to be done to look at coercive control. I know it is an…19 May 2026HANSARDVictims CodeThe Victims’ Commissioner will deliver a new, strengthened victims code. We have engaged with victims, support services and criminal justice professionals in a consultation that…19 May 2026HANSARDViolence against Women and GirlsBaroness Harman’s record speaks for itself. She has spent decades turning words into action, whether by passing landmark legislation, strengthening protections or relentlessly…19 May 2026