Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between David Lammy and Samantha Niblett

Tuesday 30th June 2026 Commons Chamber

[Mr Lammy]

Halving violence against women and girls is a decade-long mission for this Government. That case is extremely concerning, and our thoughts are with the victim, Sarah. Given the cross-agency nature of this case, my officials are working across Government, and we are raising it with the US Government to establish the full facts.

[Samantha Niblett (South Derbyshire) (Lab)]

T5. A constituent of mine in South Derbyshire, Sarah Page, is associate professor for social justice at University of Staffordshire, which I visited last week. She and her colleagues told me about their “From Harm to Hope” research. It highlights the unique challenges that women prisoners face, including being held far from family due to the limited number of women’s prisons. They also raised concerns that the national drug strategy is not sufficiently gender-sensitive, particularly in addressing the impact of child abuse and domestic abuse on women in the criminal justice system. Will my hon. Friend meet me, Sarah and her colleagues to ensure that these women-specific issues are properly reflected in our criminal justice system?

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between David Lammy and Samantha Niblett

Tuesday 19th May 2026 Commons Chamber

[Samantha Niblett (South Derbyshire) (Lab)]

I am sure it has not missed anybody’s radar that I recently launched a campaign for lifelong sex education, and last week I met some parish councillors, one of whom works in the Probation Service. She thanked me for the campaign because of the amount of re-education they have to do, particularly for young men, on what is acceptable within sexual relationships. Will the Secretary of State, or a relevant Minister, meet me to talk about the importance of lifelong sex education in re-educating potential reoffenders?

[Mr Lammy]

I thank my hon. Friend for her campaign and work in this area. It is important that prisoners and those on probation are re-educated about codes of conduct, and I am happy for her to arrange a meeting with the Prisons Minister.