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HANSARD Violence against Women and Girls StrategyMerry Christmas, Madam Deputy Speaker. With permission, I will make a statement on the publication of the Government’s strategy to tackle violence against women and girls. Let us…18 Dec 2025HANSARD Violence against Women and Girls StrategyThe hon. Lady will see from the strategy that the issue of tech is undoubtedly in there. I agree that, on assessing how well things are going, it seems quite a long time to wait…18 Dec 2025HANSARD Violence against Women and Girls StrategyAs an alumni of Women’s Aid, I can absolutely do so. One of the strongest messages that came from the sector, especially the domestic abuse sector, is how crackers it is that…18 Dec 2025HANSARD Violence against Women and Girls StrategyThat is absolutely a vital part of this puzzle. I have worked with the Children’s Minister, my hon. Friend the Member for Whitehaven and Workington (Josh MacAlister), in the…18 Dec 2025HANSARD Violence against Women and Girls StrategyMy hon. Friend is absolutely right when she characterises the kind of violent pornography that young people are exposed to. Among other things, part of the strategy is to ban…18 Dec 2025HANSARD Violence against Women and Girls StrategyThe backlog in our courts is one of the stickiest, most difficult issues, and it covers lots of different Departments that need to get this absolutely right. It is probably the…18 Dec 2025HANSARD Violence against Women and Girls StrategyI totally agree, and I am not a fan of the term “toxic masculinity”. As somebody who has raised two men—I used to be able to say I have children, but I have raised two men; they…18 Dec 2025HANSARD Violence against Women and Girls StrategyI thank the hon. Lady for her kind words and her reminder of the many years that passing the Online Safety Act took. Many of us will remember them—I was about to say “fondly”, but…18 Dec 2025HANSARD Violence against Women and Girls StrategyAgain, I am poacher turned gamekeeper in ensuring that the voluntary sector is well placed to deliver much of what is in the strategy—not just classic victim support models of…18 Dec 2025HANSARD Violence against Women and Girls StrategyI thank the hon. Lady for giving me the opportunity to say that, throughout this process, many Members from across the House have been to see me about various issues and the…18 Dec 2025HANSARD Violence against Women and Girls StrategyAs I have said, the strategy will live and die on whether everybody takes part in it. The right hon. Gentleman has given me the perfect opportunity to pay tribute to Soroptimists…18 Dec 2025HANSARD Violence against Women and Girls StrategyI thank my hon. Friend for her support in the development of the strategy. One thing that makes me most proud is the advancement in refuge funding. She played no small part in…18 Dec 2025HANSARD Violence against Women and Girls StrategyThe Government have released new curricula on healthy relationships education. Working with Ofsted to ensure that schools are monitored against the delivery of that education is…18 Dec 2025HANSARD Violence against Women and Girls StrategyFirst and foremost, I welcome my hon. Friend—I don’t really need to welcome her to the party; she and I have been in the same meetings in the sector for about a decade. I…18 Dec 2025HANSARD Violence against Women and Girls StrategyI thank my hon. Friend for the diplomatic manner in which she is clearly representing high-profile cases in her constituency. I absolutely agree, and it goes to a number of points…18 Dec 2025HANSARD Violence against Women and Girls StrategyAs somebody who was one of those professionals who went into schools, I could not agree more with the hon. Lady. I attended the same school as the Home Secretary, so when we were…18 Dec 2025HANSARD Violence against Women and Girls StrategyThe new curriculum is for children aged four to 16. It is compulsory in schools and should be done in an age-appropriate way. Through the new funding, we will create a series of…18 Dec 2025HANSARD Violence against Women and Girls StrategyThe hon. Gentleman is absolutely right. Anyone who has spoken to victims of domestic abuse who have interacted with children’s social care would know that there was a need for a…18 Dec 2025HANSARD Violence against Women and Girls StrategyI absolutely can confirm that. The strategy is not only about challenging institutions, whether that is children’s services, police forces or the court system; we have tried to…18 Dec 2025HANSARD Violence against Women and Girls StrategyI am very happy to say that coming up with a statutory definition of honour-based abuse, and working on statutory guidance with the organisations that my hon. Friend has…18 Dec 2025