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HANSARDTopical QuestionsI will come to it. It was also undeliverable and untested. I want to ensure that the violence against women and girls strategy that goes out in this Government’s name is the best…07 Jul 2025HANSARDDomestic Abuse: Joint TenanciesThe Renters’ Rights Bill will allow individuals to end joint tenancies, supporting domestic abuse victims to leave their abuser if they share a home. The Ministry of Housing,…07 Jul 2025HANSARDNational Inquiry: Grooming GangsAs the hon. Member will be aware, child protection and policing are devolved to the Scottish Government. We regularly engage with them on a range of issues, including the national…07 Jul 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsYes, I do. I thank my hon. Friend for highlighting the important work that BRAVE has done in Berkshire. Grassroots organisations are at the heart of work to support domestic abuse…07 Jul 2025HANSARDNational Inquiry: Grooming GangsTo the hon. Lady’s question, whether a local authority wishes to take part is not up for debate. The inquiry will be decided by the chair of the inquiry, as would happen in a…07 Jul 2025HANSARDNational Inquiry: Grooming GangsOf course. I agree with the hon. Gentleman, but he should take up that issue with the Scottish Government, as it is devolved. As I have said, we will make sure that all learning…07 Jul 2025HANSARDDomestic Abuse: Joint TenanciesWe often refer to violence against women and girls, as the term refers to a group of crimes that are majoritively suffered by women at the hands of men, but of course men are also…07 Jul 2025HANSARDDomestic Abuse: Joint TenanciesI thank my hon. Friend for raising Molly’s case—our hearts go out to her and her children for the trauma they are living with. Her case raises many issues, including the need for…07 Jul 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right that it should be for Parliament and the Government to decide who has a right to remain in our country. As set out in our immigration White…07 Jul 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsIf the hon. Gentleman wishes to read the National Audit Office’s report on the previous Government’s violence against women and girls strategy, he will see that the strategy was…07 Jul 2025HANSARD Crime and Policing BillWill the hon. Gentleman give way?18 Jun 2025HANSARD Crime and Policing BillWe did discuss whether or not I was allowed to intervene. I have been involved with cases of harassment and malicious communications involving antisemitism and anti-Jewish hatred.…18 Jun 2025HANSARD Prostitution and Sex Trafficking: DemandIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mrs Hobhouse. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Edinburgh North and Leith (Tracy Gilbert) for securing the debate. The depth of…10 Jun 2025HANSARDRape Gangs: Statutory InquiryThe idea that I or the Prime Minister have ever put anything other than the interests of the victims of grooming gangs at the heart of everything that we have ever worked for is,…02 Jun 2025HANSARDRape Gangs: Statutory InquiryChild sexual exploitation and abuse are the most horrific crimes, and the Government are taking decisive action to ensure that victims and survivors of grooming gangs get the…02 Jun 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend makes an important point that short-term funding massively hampers the sector. The vast majority of violence against women and girls funding comes from local…02 Jun 2025HANSARDViolence against Women and GirlsYes, of course. As my hon. Friend knows, I have had a strong bond with Doreen for many years. Of course I would be delighted to meet him and her.02 Jun 2025HANSARDViolence against Women and GirlsWe are already taking significant steps to make sure that violence against women and girls is treated as the national emergency that it is. That includes launching our domestic…02 Jun 2025HANSARDViolence against Women and GirlsIt is well beyond my remit as safeguarding Minister to make asylum policy, but I can absolutely guarantee the hon. Lady that migrant women and their experiences will be part of…02 Jun 2025HANSARDViolence against Women and GirlsI thank the hon. Lady for her question and I apologise for the month’s wait. I waited 14 years for anyone to do anything. Baroness Casey has requested a short extension to her…02 Jun 2025