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HANSARDViolence against Women and GirlsThe number of national public inquires that we have had—for example, into Hillsborough, for which nobody has been held accountable—shows the importance of the Hillsborough law and…13 Jan 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my hon. Friend for her kind comments about me. The violence against women and girls strategy that the Government will launch later this year will absolutely root adult…13 Jan 2025HANSARDViolence against Women and GirlsThis Government will treat violence against women and girls as the national emergency that it is, and later this year our new comprehensive violence against women and girls…13 Jan 2025HANSARDViolence against Women and GirlsI thank the hon. Gentleman for both the tone and the sentiment of his question, and I hope that everyone in the House agrees with him. I spent the weekend in my surgery dealing…13 Jan 2025HANSARD Violence against Women and GirlsNo one should ever feel afraid of raising any issue in this Chamber with me or anybody else. To reiterate, the ethnicity data is collected. It was published for the first time in…09 Jan 2025HANSARD Violence against Women and GirlsAs a Minister, I get given a speech that I am told to read out, but the hon. Member for Lagan Valley (Sorcha Eastwood) reminded me who I am today, so I am going to give an…09 Jan 2025HANSARDTackling Violence Against Women and GirlsFunnily enough, I am meeting Cabinet Office colleagues later today to talk exactly about how we ensure the violence against women and girls strategy is across different…18 Dec 2024HANSARDTackling Violence Against Women and GirlsMerry Christmas, Mr Speaker. The Government are relentless in our efforts to halve violence against women and girls. In just five and a half months in office, we have launched…18 Dec 2024HANSARDTackling Violence Against Women and GirlsAs somebody who went into the Home Office and found a load of things that were said at this Dispatch Box dwindling and left undone for three years, I take umbrage. The Government…18 Dec 2024HANSARDTackling Violence Against Women and GirlsAt these questions I always end up halfway around the country, but I would be delighted to come. Having worked in this sector, I know that we will not tackle violence against…18 Dec 2024HANSARD Tackling StalkingFrom speaking to many victims, I know that stalking causes a lack of peace of mind. Other forms of violence against women and girls are all equally bad, but there is something…03 Dec 2024HANSARD Tackling StalkingTo be completely clear, what is illegal offline is also illegal online. Today, the Government are announcing how we will make stalking protection orders more robust. Such orders…03 Dec 2024HANSARD Tackling StalkingI thank the hon. Gentleman for his support and the tone in which he has approached the issue. I do not know where the idea that the Government have dropped their mission to halve…03 Dec 2024HANSARD Tackling StalkingThe hon. Lady is exactly right about a lack of faith in resources, which is exactly what led to the super-complaint being made. She is right that there is a 60:40 split between…03 Dec 2024HANSARD Tackling StalkingThe hon. Lady points out something very pertinent. I often like dealing with Scotland because there is one police force. I am not suggesting that for England, and nor are the…03 Dec 2024HANSARD Tackling StalkingFirst of all, I must pay tribute to Rhianon. If Members of the House are not aware of her case, what she has been through is harrowing and she continues to campaign. We pay such…03 Dec 2024HANSARD Tackling StalkingFirst and foremost, Madam Deputy Speaker, I must apologise, for myself and on behalf of the Government, and I am sure that your words, spoken on behalf of Mr Speaker, have been…03 Dec 2024HANSARD Tackling StalkingSpeaking as someone who is local to North Warwickshire and Bedworth—well, local by the standards of the House—it is very pleasant to hear my hon. Friend’s accent, which is not too…03 Dec 2024HANSARD Tackling StalkingI absolutely will meet my hon. Friend. I have dealt with many extraterritorial cases in the space of violence against women and girls in my time as a Member of Parliament, so I am…03 Dec 2024HANSARD Tackling StalkingI suspect the truth lies somewhere in between. In Nicola’s case, the police were able to find out information about the stalker from a series of anonymous accounts, some of which…03 Dec 2024