Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Adam Jogee and Nia Griffith

Wednesday 11th December 2024 Commons Chamber

[Dame Nia Griffith]

Indeed. The Welsh Government have been clear that the priority objective of the 20-mph policy was to save lives and reduce casualties. Recent collisions data provide an encouraging sign that the policy is moving in the right direction.

[Adam Jogee (Newcastle-under-Lyme) (Lab)]

9. What recent discussions she has had with the Welsh Government on tackling violence against women and girls.

[The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales (Dame Nia Griffith)]

The Government hold regular discussions with the Welsh Government on tackling violence against women and girls to help drive forward the Government’s ambition to halve violence against women and girls in a decade. Most recently, on 13 November, the Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department, my hon. Friend the Member for Birmingham Yardley (Jess Phillips), who has responsibility for safeguarding, met the Welsh Minister for Social Care and the Welsh Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice. They discussed in detail measures to tackle violence against women and girls.

[Adam Jogee]

The safety of women and girls is as important in Newcastle-under-Lyme as it is up and down our United Kingdom. The Welsh Government have had a violence against women and girls strategy since 2022. Sadly, the previous UK Government did not have one for my constituents in England. What lessons can the new Government learn from the Welsh Labour Government on keeping our women and girls safe?