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Commons Chamber
Armed Forces Bill
Committee stageCommittee of the Whole House - Wed 23 Jun 2021
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: None Almost half the sexual assaults in the armed forces in 2019 took place in the UK and more than three - Speech Link
2: Carol Monaghan (SNP - Glasgow North West) luck in their endeavours.I have made it clear throughout the passage of this Bill that it lacks the punch - Speech Link
3: Marco Longhi (CON - Dudley North) It is a life that they know might one day put them at risk. - Speech Link
4: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) There are many charities, but I want to speak about this one. - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Twelfth sitting)
Committee stage: 12th sitting - Thu 10 Jun 2021
Home Office

Mentions:
1: None That is roughly one woman every three days. - Speech Link
2: None Women and girls across the country have had enough of being targeted by violent men, of being punch-bags - Speech Link
3: None omits—I am sure it was by accident and not intentional—those domestic murders, abductions and sexual assaults - Speech Link
4: Alex Cunningham (LAB - Stockton North) That evening was supposed to be one of fun. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Protecting the Public and Justice for Victims - Wed 09 Jun 2021
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Laura Farris (CON - Newbury) New York City—one city in one state—has a backlog of 50,000 criminal cases. - Speech Link
2: Wera Hobhouse (LDEM - Bath) Only one in six women report incidents of sexual assaults to the police, and as so many survivors of - Speech Link
3: Liz Saville Roberts (PC - Dwyfor Meirionnydd) Wales cannot afford to lock more people up in prisons such as HMP Berwyn, where prisoner violence and assaults - Speech Link
4: Tom Hunt (CON - Ipswich) There was a punch to Richard Day’s neck and he died. - Speech Link
5: Kate Osborne (LAB - Jarrow) According to the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network, just under 25% of sexual assaults are reported - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Protection of Retail Workers - Mon 07 Jun 2021
Home Office

Mentions:
1: William Wragg (CON - Hazel Grove) However, if that is not enough, then a change in the law is necessary and I would support assaults on - Speech Link
2: Liz Twist (LAB - Blaydon) Let us look at what happened with the Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act 2018. - Speech Link
3: Chris Stephens (SNP - Glasgow South West) Another worker said:“Customers tried to punch me on the body.”USDAW members in the highlands and islands - Speech Link
4: Chris Philp (CON - Croydon South) Of the reasons given—people clearly gave more than one—the top one, cited by 35% of those victims who - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill
2nd reading Day 1 - Mon 15 Mar 2021
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Philip Davies (CON - Shipley) Again, prison officers face a terrible burden in prison, with far too many assaults. - Speech Link
2: Dehenna Davison (CON - Bishop Auckland) recently launched an all-party parliamentary group to investigate the rare but damaging phenomenon of one-punch - Speech Link
3: Wendy Chamberlain (LDEM - North East Fife) Is an increased penalty for that actually going to reduce assaults on the police? - Speech Link


Grand Committee
International Women’s Day - Thu 11 Mar 2021
Department for International Trade

Mentions:
1: Lord Singh of Wimbledon (CB - Life peer) I was not then the mild-mannered individual that I am today and I was almost tempted to punch him in - Speech Link
2: Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone (CON - Life peer) Only one in four vice-chancellors are female, and I am pleased that one is at the University of Hull, - Speech Link
3: Lord Mann (Non-affiliated - Life peer) I also became frighteningly familiar with cases of sexual assaults on young women by their acquaintances - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Business of the House - Thu 04 Mar 2021
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Jacob Rees-Mogg (CON - North East Somerset) I think one is dressed as Sherlock Holmes, one is a character from the “Jill and the pony” books, two - Speech Link
2: Dehenna Davison (CON - Bishop Auckland) Last week, I launched the all-party parliamentary group for one-punch assaults, and I put on record my - Speech Link
3: Jacob Rees-Mogg (CON - North East Somerset) The sort of assaults that she is describing are senseless, evil acts of violence, which the Government - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Domestic Abuse Bill
Report stage - Mon 06 Jul 2020
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Nigel Evans (CON - Ribble Valley) of this Act becoming law.New clause 4—No defence for consent to death—‘(1) If a person (“A”) wounds, assaults - Speech Link
2: Chris Bryant (LAB - Rhondda) Maybe he lashes out with a punch to the face, or he shakes her violently, repeatedly and at length, or - Speech Link
3: Christian Wakeford (LAB - Bury South) That said, this is an admirable start and one that I fully endorse. - Speech Link
4: None One in four women experience domestic abuse in their lifetime. - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Domestic Abuse Bill (Twelfth sitting)
Committee stage: 12th sitting - Wed 17 Jun 2020
Home Office

Mentions:
1: None You are not restricted to one speech. - Speech Link
2: Jess Phillips (LAB - Birmingham, Yardley) No one has ever asked me my immigration status—not once. - Speech Link
3: Jess Phillips (LAB - Birmingham, Yardley) That is the reality, which is perhaps not expressed very well by the Punch and Judy politics of this - Speech Link
4: None following provisions of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998—(a) section 29 (racially or religiously aggravated assaults - Speech Link
5: None It was one of the longest points of order that I have ever had, but perhaps one of the best.Question - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Domestic Abuse Bill (Tenth sitting)
Committee stage: 10th sitting - Tue 16 Jun 2020
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Jess Phillips (LAB - Birmingham, Yardley) It is described in one report as “primal fear”. - Speech Link
2: None If someone has been strangled, they get one tick of a possible 14. - Speech Link
3: Alex Chalk (CON - Cheltenham) Even if no mark is left, that assault—it could be a punch on the nose but it could also be strangulation—would - Speech Link
4: Jess Phillips (LAB - Birmingham, Yardley) One in four of us in England and Wales will experience it at some point in our lives, compared with one - Speech Link