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HANSARDPreventing Reoffending: Youth Custody CentresVery much so. As I said in answer to previous questions, home is a vital part of rehabilitation and cutting reoffending. We know about some of the particular pressures that young…22 Mar 2022HANSARDViolence Against Women and GirlsI know that the hon. Lady and I share a determination to crack down on the perpetrators of vile crimes. It is with some regret, therefore, that I note that the Labour party…22 Mar 2022HANSARDViolence Against Women and GirlsForgive me, but the hon. Lady seems to have misunderstood how legislation happens in this place. Labour Members had the chance to vote for rapists to spend longer in prison…22 Mar 2022HANSARDViolence Against Women and GirlsThe Government set out in the summer their ambitious tackling violence against women and girls strategy to fundamentally change attitudes, support women and girls who are victims…22 Mar 2022HANSARDViolence Against Women and GirlsI welcome local initiatives such as the one that the hon. Member describes. I hope that she also welcomes the national efforts that we set out in the tackling violence against…22 Mar 2022HANSARDViolence Against Women and GirlsI thank my right hon. Friend; I can think of no better way in which to celebrate one’s birthday than by receiving questions from her. We absolutely understand that the law must…22 Mar 2022HANSARDDomestic Abuse Offences: Prosecution RateThe Domestic Abuse Act 2021 will ensure that more perpetrators are brought to justice. The Act creates new offences such as non-fatal strangulation, and extends the coercive and…22 Mar 2022HANSARDDomestic Abuse Offences: Prosecution RateTrust is the fundamental bond between us, the public, and the police, prosecutors, the courts and the criminal justice system. Given recent events, it is right that Members ask…22 Mar 2022HANSARDDomestic Abuse Offences: Prosecution RateI am happy to take up the hon. Gentleman’s kind invitation. As he knows, we are very concerned about evidence from the family harms panel review about how some perpetrators use…22 Mar 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my right hon. Friend for his attention to this issue and wider issues of education within the prison system. We absolutely understand the criticisms made in the report. I…22 Mar 2022HANSARD Rape and Sexual ViolenceMay I correct the hon. Lady on that point about repeat offenders? People are managing it and monitoring it, albeit not through the scorecard. She will know of the offender…08 Mar 2022HANSARD Rape and Sexual ViolenceWe have different agencies involved in the criminal justice system. Sometimes, there is an understandable wish in the Chamber for us to be able to control everything from the…08 Mar 2022HANSARD Rape and Sexual ViolenceThe hon. Lady has raised an important point and I undertake myself to meet her to discuss this—very much so. This Government have taken decisive and measurable action in the last…08 Mar 2022HANSARD Rape and Sexual ViolenceI have had the privilege of debating International Women’s Day for several years, but never has one been set in such an atmosphere or against such an international backdrop as the…08 Mar 2022HANSARD Rape and Sexual ViolenceOf course, that communication programme is part of our work in rolling it out. That is why we are working as fast as we can, but we do need to take the police and others with us.…08 Mar 2022HANSARDNew PrisonsThe Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice, my noble Friend Lord Wolfson of Tredegar, has made the following written statement: I am pleased to provide an update today…07 Mar 2022HANSARDTackling Violence Against Women and GirlsI will give way to the hon. Lady and then to my hon. Friend.02 Mar 2022HANSARDTackling Violence Against Women and GirlsIf I may, I will develop that point in my speech. As the right hon. Lady knows, an enormous amount of work is going on, particularly in the rape review, and I want to take the…02 Mar 2022HANSARDTackling Violence Against Women and GirlsMay I say that there has been progress since the hon. Lady has been in her place? I very much hope that she welcomes the progress that we have made. Importantly, there is now a…02 Mar 2022HANSARDTackling Violence Against Women and Girlsrose —02 Mar 2022