Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Alex Davies-Jones and Julian Smith

Tuesday 16th December 2025 Commons Chamber

[Alex Davies-Jones]

The hon. Gentleman will know that these crimes have no borders, especially online misogyny crimes. They do not take place in a silo, and it will take all of us to tackle them, including those of us in the England and Wales jurisdiction of the criminal justice system and those across our devolved counterparts in Scotland and Northern Ireland—and, as he states, in the Republic of Ireland too. We regularly meet with our counterparts to discuss these issues, and no stone will be left unturned when it comes to tackling misogyny.

[Sir Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon) (Con)]

5. Whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of the further use of mandatory mediation in civil law.