First elected: 7th June 2001
Left House: 30th March 2015 (Retired)
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e-Petitions are administered by Parliament and allow members of the public to express support for a particular issue.
If an e-petition reaches 10,000 signatures the Government will issue a written response.
If an e-petition reaches 100,000 signatures the petition becomes eligible for a Parliamentary debate (usually Monday 4.30pm in Westminster Hall).
These initiatives were driven by Hywel Francis, and are more likely to reflect personal policy preferences.
MPs who are act as Ministers or Shadow Ministers are generally restricted from performing Commons initiatives other than Urgent Questions.
Hywel Francis has not been granted any Urgent Questions
Hywel Francis has not been granted any Adjournment Debates
Hywel Francis has not introduced any legislation before Parliament
Hywel Francis has not co-sponsored any Bills in the current parliamentary sitting
The Coalition Government’s Ending Gang and Youth Violence programme is the
first such programme to tackle the issue of gang-affected women and girls.
Women and girls who come into contact with street gangs are at greater risk of
violence, particularly sexual violence. The Home Office has provided £1.2
million funding for 13 Young People’s Advocates over three years (April 2012 –
March 2015). The Advocates provide direct support to young women who have been
victims, or are at risk of, sexual violence by gangs.
Action to protect girls from becoming involved in gang-related crime is set out
in the ‘Ending Gang and Youth Violence: One Year On’ (November 2012) and
‘Ending Gang and Youth Violence Annual Report 2013’ (December 2013) documents.
The reports are available on the GOV.UK website.
In addition, I have undertaken targeted visits to identify good practice on the
ground.