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HANSARD Domestic Abuse and Hidden Harms during LockdownI thank my right hon. Friend sincerely. Yes, we know that the plight of victims in the BAME community and of others in similar situations means they may find it very difficult to…14 Jan 2021HANSARD Domestic Abuse and Hidden Harms during LockdownI thank my right hon. Friend for the amazing work that she is doing in this regard. It has long been a passion of hers, and I look forward to her drawing her conclusions in due…14 Jan 2021HANSARD Domestic Abuse and Hidden Harms during LockdownI agree. May I say that it is a pleasure to see the hon. Gentleman again? He is absolutely right to say that this is not just about supporting victims; we want to deal with…14 Jan 2021HANSARD Domestic Abuse and Hidden Harms during LockdownI can help the hon. Gentleman with news of a specific pilot project, for which we launched the bidding process just before Christmas, to help support migrant victims of domestic…14 Jan 2021HANSARD Domestic Abuse and Hidden Harms during LockdownYes, I most certainly will. Again, I refer to the contribution made by my right hon. Friend the Member for South Northamptonshire (Andrea Leadsom), who is already preparing work…14 Jan 2021HANSARD Domestic Abuse and Hidden Harms during LockdownI thank my hon. Friend for raising that really important point. The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation, which is advising the Government on the ways in which the…14 Jan 2021HANSARD Domestic Abuse and Hidden Harms during LockdownOn the practice the hon. Member describes, we have already, in years gone by, agreed with the British Medical Association that this is not within its recommendations, and it has…14 Jan 2021HANSARD Domestic Abuse and Hidden Harms during LockdownThe hon. Lady sets out one of the most heinous forms of hidden harms. I hope she knows of the work we have done to tackle forced marriage both before and during the pandemic.…14 Jan 2021HANSARD Domestic Abuse and Hidden Harms during LockdownMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right to raise the needs of people living with autism and other such conditions, as she always does when the opportunity presents itself. I hope…14 Jan 2021HANSARD Domestic Abuse and Hidden Harms during LockdownI am delighted to be able to confirm that not only is my hon. Friend’s force, Kent, signed up to that fantastic scheme, but so too are 40 other forces out of the 43 police forces…14 Jan 2021HANSARD Domestic Abuse and Hidden Harms during LockdownI thank my hon. Friend, who was a sterling performer in the Bill Committee. We have taken a national, regional and local approach to community-based services and we have rolled…14 Jan 2021HANSARD Domestic Abuse and Hidden Harms during LockdownWe have been working closely with domestic abuse charities throughout the pandemic to ensure that when a surge happens—as is sadly predicted—the services are there to be able to…14 Jan 2021HANSARD Domestic Abuse and Hidden Harms during LockdownI hope that the hon. Lady knows that the training of members of staff has been meticulous. We have created the scheme hand in glove with domestic abuse charities because we are so…14 Jan 2021HANSARD Domestic Abuse and Hidden Harms during LockdownMy hon. Friend is right that that can be a devastating form of abuse for victims of domestic abuse. We are very much listening to debates in the other place about the terrible…14 Jan 2021HANSARD Domestic Abuse and Hidden Harms during LockdownI hope the hon. Lady has seen not just the announcement of the codeword scheme today but the announcement encouraging employers to join the cause and to be better informed as to…14 Jan 2021HANSARD Domestic Abuse and Hidden Harms during LockdownWe are keen not just to help victims to flee home when that is necessary for their own safety but, importantly, to keep them in their own homes where it is safe to do so, and to…14 Jan 2021HANSARD Domestic Abuse and Hidden Harms during LockdownThank you for that, Madam Deputy Speaker. Accordingly, I will answer some of the hon. Lady’s questions, and then write to her on the matters that I cannot address, because I am…14 Jan 2021HANSARD Domestic Abuse and Hidden Harms during LockdownI refer the hon. Gentleman to the answers I have given previously, including in relation to the £25 million to £26 million that has already been paid out to charities.14 Jan 2021HANSARD Domestic Abuse and Hidden Harms during LockdownI most certainly will meet my hon. Friend, and I thank him for raising a case that demonstrates the complexity of many people’s experiences of abuse, even after a relationship has…14 Jan 2021HANSARD Domestic Abuse and Hidden Harms during LockdownAs I said earlier, I am in constant contact, as are my officials, with people who work in the domestic abuse sector and provide refuges. The Ministry of Housing, Communities and…14 Jan 2021