Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Jess Phillips and Juliet Campbell

Wednesday 7th May 2025 Commons Chamber

[Jess Phillips]

The hon. Lady makes an impassioned point. It will be a fundamental part of the violence against women and girls strategy to get to the exact reason why we have ended up with an epidemic of violence against women and girls in all the nations of the United Kingdom, and to root it out. For too long, we have sought to put ever-bigger plasters on the problem, rather than finding the reason for it and preventing it from happening.

[Juliet Campbell (Broxtowe) (Lab)]

3. What steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to promote equality as part of the Government mission entitled “break down barriers to opportunity.”