Petitions
Debate between Lord Garnier and Roberta Blackman-Woods
Sir Edward Garnier (Harborough) (Con)
I am also handing in a petition in the same terms as my hon. Friend the Member for Beverley and Holderness (Mr Stuart) from residents in my constituency.
The Petition of the residents of Harborough.
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Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham) (Lab)
I, too, am handing in a petition in the same terms for a number of signatories from my constituency. Although my constituency is the City of Durham, it has a large rural area and, critically, is part of Durham county council, a large rural authority that wants its rural fair share.
The Petition of the residents of City of Durham.
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Rural Fair Share Campaign
Debate between Lord Garnier and Roberta Blackman-Woods
Sir Edward Garnier (Harborough) (Con)
I am also handing in a petition in the same terms as my hon. Friend the Member for Beverley and Holderness (Mr Stuart) from residents in my constituency.
The Petition of the residents of Harborough.
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Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham) (Lab)
I, too, am handing in a petition in the same terms for a number of signatories from my constituency. Although my constituency is the City of Durham, it has a large rural area and, critically, is part of Durham county council, a large rural authority that wants its rural fair share.
The Petition of the residents of City of Durham.
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Oral Answers to Questions
Debate between Lord Garnier and Roberta Blackman-Woods(14 years ago)
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Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham) (Lab)
2. When he next plans to review the Crown Prosecution Service’s violence against women strategy.
The Solicitor-General (Mr Edward Garnier)
The Crown Prosecution Service’s violence against women strategy was published in June 2008. The assessment of the benefits of the strategy on prosecutions for violence against women will be published in the autumn of 2011. Annual reports are also published.
Roberta Blackman-Woods
I thank the Solicitor-General for that response. I am sure that he will be aware that Durham CPS piloted the use of specialist services such as domestic violence courts and multi-agency risk assessment conferences to determine appropriate interventions in domestic violence cases. What reassurance can he give the House that those specialist services that have been so successful will continue?
The Solicitor-General
May I thank the hon. Lady for visiting her CPS office on 1 October? Her visit was most welcome and I hope that other Members of Parliament will take the same opportunity to visit their local CPS. I can give her the assurance that she seeks. The CPS, my right hon. and learned Friend the Attorney-General and I take the aspect of the criminal law that she has just addressed extremely seriously and we will ensure that both the CPS and the wider criminal justice system bear down on reducing the number of offences against women.