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Debate between David Smith and Lindsay Hoyle
Wednesday 27th November 2024

(4 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Lindsay Hoyle Portrait Mr Speaker
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Order. We want to get to PMQs, but we will not achieve it at this rate.

David Smith Portrait David Smith
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According to Women’s Aid, a fifth of all crime in Northern Ireland is domestic abuse. We know that paramilitary organisations make reporting, confronting or escaping such abuse even more difficult. How are the Government working with the Northern Ireland Executive to break down those coercive barriers to support for women and girls?

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