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HANSARDJusticeWe are also creating two offences to do with the installation of spycams, which I am afraid we see more and more of in cases going through the courts: an offence of installing,…01 Mar 2024HANSARDJusticeWe have also introduced a new statutory aggravating factor for murders involving gratuitous and excessive force, sometimes referred to as overkill. That is something that Clare…01 Mar 2024HANSARDJusticeA new mitigating factor will apply in cases where the victim of an abusive partner or family member has killed their abuser, in recognition of their experience as a victim of…01 Mar 2024HANSARDJusticeThe point was made about a person having a difficult experience of litigation against the Home Office, and we heard the example of the high-profile case related to the effect of…01 Mar 2024HANSARDJusticeIt is well known that this is the Ben Kinsella amendment, which Jack Straw introduced in 2007 in response to a campaign fought very passionately by Ben’s sister, Brooke, and his…01 Mar 2024HANSARDJusticeOne of the challenges in adopting a definition of “intimate” that includes, for example, the removal of a hijab is that we are creating a criminal offence of that image being…01 Mar 2024HANSARDJusticeAround a quarter of all homicides in England and Wales are classed as domestic. In other words, the perpetrator is a partner, former partner or relative of the victim .01 Mar 2024HANSARDJusticeWe have also introduced a new statutory aggravating factor for murders involving gratuitous and excessive force, sometimes referred to as overkill. That is something that Clare…01 Mar 2024HANSARDJusticeI thank the shadow Minister for his speech and for supporting the clause. In answer to his final criticism that we have abandoned women and girls, the Serious Crime Act that…01 Mar 2024HANSARDJusticeIt is well known that this is the Ben Kinsella amendment, which Jack Straw introduced in 2010 in response to a campaign fought very passionately by Ben’s sister, Brooke, and his…01 Mar 2024HANSARDJusticeWe have strengthened the statutory guidance to require agencies to consider discretionary management under MAPPA in all domestic abuse cases. In the last reporting year, we have…01 Mar 2024HANSARDViolent Crime: Young PeopleSince 2019, we have invested £160 million in 20 violence reduction units across England and Wales, and a further £55 million has been committed this year. Violence reduction units…26 Feb 2024HANSARDViolent Crime: Young PeopleI can reassure the hon. Gentleman that, under our tackling organised exploitation programme, we are keenly aware of the difference between victims and criminals, and that children…26 Feb 2024HANSARDViolent Crime: Young PeopleI agree with much of what the hon. Lady says. The Prime Minister implemented new measures to deal with child sexual exploitation in April of last year, but part of that deals with…26 Feb 2024HANSARDViolent Crime: Young PeopleIf I have understood my right hon. Friend’s question correctly, I can tell her that we are doing a huge amount on child exploitation. Only last week, we implemented the No. 1…26 Feb 2024HANSARDViolent Crime: Young PeopleI make no apology for the success of our violence reduction units and the difference that they have made to young people’s lives since 2019. My right hon. Friend the Minister for…26 Feb 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Home Office explored whether a name-change ban should be extended to murderers and determined that the operational need did not exist. Anyone convicted of murder automatically…26 Feb 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my right hon. Friend for his question. It was a pleasure to support his Bill as it went through the House. I cannot say exactly when it will be commenced, but I hope he…26 Feb 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am grateful for the hon. Lady’s question. She will know how much we are doing on victim support, particularly in terms of sexual and domestic abuse. I would like to speak to her…20 Feb 2024HANSARDRape Victims: Privacy RightsI am truly sorry to hear of what happened to the hon. Lady’s constituent. I hope that I can reassure her by saying that new regulations will be published under the Victims and…20 Feb 2024