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Debate between Jodie Gosling and Bridget Phillipson
Wednesday 13th November 2024

(1 month, 1 week ago)

Commons Chamber
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Jodie Gosling Portrait Jodie Gosling (Nuneaton) (Lab)
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1. If she will make an assessment of the effectiveness of primary prevention measures in schools in tackling violence against women and girls.

Bridget Phillipson Portrait The Minister for Women and Equalities (Bridget Phillipson)
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Education has a role to play in the prevention of violence against women and girls, and it is essential to the Government’s safer streets mission. We are reviewing the relationship, sex and health education guidance to ensure that it enables schools to tackle harmful behaviour, because we are determined to ensure that misogyny is stamped out and not allowed to proliferate in schools.

Jodie Gosling Portrait Jodie Gosling
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We know that sexual violence is a critical problem in our schools. In 2021, in response to Ofsted’s rapid review, 92% of girls and 74% of boys said that sexist names were used “sometimes” or “a lot”. Harassment of this kind has become commonplace in educational settings, and harmful sexual practices are becoming a risk. Will the Minister meet me, and White Ribbon UK, to discuss how primary prevention measures can be introduced into school curriculums to tackle violence against women and girls?

Bridget Phillipson Portrait Bridget Phillipson
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I would be more than happy to meet my hon. Friend to discuss that issue further. She brings real expertise from her background in education, and it is essential that we do more to tackle the behaviour that she has identified. I welcome the work of White Ribbon, and I hope other Members will be able to support that work later this month.