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HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill (Ninth sitting)Will the Minister give way?04 Jul 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill (Seventh sitting)On the point about exactly how we will ensure victims are protected within the family court system, I am afraid to say that one of the issues we have faced in the past three years…29 Jun 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill (Seventh sitting)To pinpoint the devastation so that we can get the point across, the harm panel review largely came out of a report written by Women’s Aid, which showed that, over a 10-year…29 Jun 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill (Seventh sitting)As a point that may be interesting as we try to get this right established is that when I ran a rape crisis counselling service, this was not particularly an issue. Something has…29 Jun 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill (Seventh sitting)I agree with everything my hon. Friend is saying. The week before last, I was in court with a victim of child sexual violence—she is no longer a child; she is now 22—who had…29 Jun 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill (Seventh sitting)I feel certain that between the heads of the people in this Committee Room, some progress on this issue could no doubt be made. The area where I have concerns—not only because of…29 Jun 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill (Eighth sitting)I do not have the data, and I do not expect the Minister to have it at his fingertips, but does he know how many police officers have actually had that training? Less than 50%…29 Jun 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill (Eighth sitting)I just wonder what would happen if we were discussing a school in my constituency—let us say my own children’s school—and Ofsted just got to say, “Yeah, you’ve just got to hope…29 Jun 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill (Eighth sitting)I hear the good words in the Minister’s explanation, but I am still not entirely sure exactly what will happen. Are we going to get local forums to make it better if it is bad?…29 Jun 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill (Eighth sitting)rose —29 Jun 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill (Sixth sitting)While they are covered by a number of different offences, much like domestic abuse, there is no charge or crime of domestic abuse, yet the Government felt it important to define…27 Jun 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill (Fifth sitting)As somebody who has called the police in those circumstances, we are talking about a nine-day wait for anyone to come out. That is a problem.27 Jun 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill (Fifth sitting)I should declare that I am chair of the STAGE group. Is my hon. Friend concerned, as I am, at the disparity when it comes to women who are British citizens? When sexual…27 Jun 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill (Fifth sitting)Is my hon. Friend aware that had Robbie arrived on a small boat and been trafficked out of a hotel and into a cannabis factory at the age of 10—Channel 4 has found such a case—he…27 Jun 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill (Sixth sitting)I rise to speak to amendment 55, which I tabled to clarify that one of the groups that has now been included in the Bill—that is, children born of rape—will also be able to access…27 Jun 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill (Fifth sitting)I was going to intervene on the Minister earlier, when he kept saying that we should not put this in the Bill, to ask, “Why?” If it is already included, why not write the words…27 Jun 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill (Sixth sitting)Does the Minister agree that if this was written into primary legislation and it did not happen, a victim who sought to challenge that would have a case in law to do so, and would…27 Jun 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill (Fifth sitting)I think that, last year, four people were charged with child trafficking, and one person was convicted. I believe that last year also saw the highest rate of young boys being…27 Jun 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill (Sixth sitting)I thank the Minister. I would absolutely welcome it if he wrote to me and the Committee about exactly how clause 1(2)(c) encompasses what I seek, so that those families have an…27 Jun 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill (Sixth sitting)Absolutely. I have worked with the Domestic Abuse Commissioner. There is a huge area of hidden homicide that we are concerned about, and suicide is one of the areas where we are…27 Jun 2023