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HANSARDInternational Women’s DayI thank my hon. Friend. Unfortunately, the list, as it currently stands, does not include the children who are also killed. In lots of these cases, such as the famous case that we…09 Mar 2023HANSARDInternational Women’s DayI pay huge tribute to Counting Dead Women and the Femicide Census. The first year I read the list of killed women—women who had been killed by men—none of the women’s names…09 Mar 2023HANSARDChange of Name by Registered Sex OffendersIt seems baffling. I think that if we were to go and speak to anybody on the Clapham omnibus—if we were to go outside and speak to any member of the public—they would not believe…02 Mar 2023HANSARDChange of Name by Registered Sex OffendersWill the Minister give way?02 Mar 2023HANSARDChange of Name by Registered Sex OffendersI do agree with the hon. Member on that, and it throws up another anomaly in the system. I have worked with many domestic abuse victims, who have tried desperately to not be able…02 Mar 2023HANSARDChange of Name by Registered Sex OffendersI notice that the Minister mentioned “high risk of harm”, which is often up for debate in these issues. Does she agree that all sex offenders pose a high risk of harm?02 Mar 2023HANSARDChange of Name by Registered Sex OffendersI, like everybody else, rise to give huge and enormous credit to my hon. Friend the Member for Rotherham. I will not say her name, because protocol does not allow it, but there is…02 Mar 2023HANSARDChange of Name by Registered Sex OffendersI agree. I would have been more than happy to undertake a much more robust process to change my name from the good Northern Irish name of Trainor to Phillips. It would have been…02 Mar 2023HANSARDProtection from Sex-based Harassment in Public BillI agree, and I am sure everybody in this room would say that. I have sat in courtrooms and heard cases of people having been burned with an iron, and it has been argued that it…22 Feb 2023HANSARDProtection from Sex-based Harassment in Public BillPeople always say this, but I actually mean it: it is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Gary. I express my thanks and those of the Labour party to the right hon.…22 Feb 2023HANSARDCrime and Neighbourhood PolicingWill the right hon. and learned Lady commit to the police going out to every single incident of domestic abuse here today?31 Jan 2023HANSARDCrime and Neighbourhood PolicingI think a woman is an adult human female. I wonder whether the Home Secretary will commit that, when one is beaten up by her husband, every single call to the police on domestic…31 Jan 2023HANSARDViolence against Women and Girls: PlymouthIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Pritchard. I know we are quite tight for time. I want to show massive respect to the hon. Member for South West Devon (Sir…25 Jan 2023HANSARDViolence against Women and Girls: PlymouthAs the hon. Member for Redditch (Rachel Maclean) asked, what is happening with the strategic policing requirement? I note that the Minister has not answered that question, which…25 Jan 2023HANSARDViolence against Women and Girls: PlymouthAs I was saying, Plymouth, like other places in the country, relies on the national infrastructure. I wish to ask the Government a few questions. Last year, the Government…25 Jan 2023HANSARD Probation Service: Chief Inspector’s Reviews into Serious Further OffencesThe Minister lays out a world that I simply do not recognise in which, had there been this and that, people would have monitored the situation better. Every single day I handle…24 Jan 2023HANSARDBacklog of Criminal Court Cases8. What recent estimate he has made of the size of the backlog of criminal court cases in Birmingham Yardley constituency.10 Jan 2023HANSARDCounty LinesThank you, Mr Speaker. Merry Christmas to you and to all the staff. Contrary to the current rhetoric on modern slavery, thousands of British children were enslaved for sex and…19 Dec 2022HANSARDChild Support Collection (Domestic Abuse) BillAs a professional in this area, even from the description of the training I have concerns about the line being taken. For example, I would never tell somebody that I was going to…14 Dec 2022HANSARDChild Support Collection (Domestic Abuse) BillWhat about the benefits system?14 Dec 2022