Oral Answers to Questions

Lucy Frazer Excerpts

Thursday 25th April 2019 Commons Chamber

[Anna Turley (Redcar) (Lab/Co-op)]

T5. EVA Women’s Aid in my constituency, which deals with nearly 1,000 vulnerable women a year, has had its rape and sexual abuse support fund grant cut, forcing it to look to close services. Will the Minister join me in urging her colleagues at the Ministry of Justice, which funds the organisation, to reconsider these cuts before crucial services to vulnerable women in Redcar and Cleveland are lost?

[The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (Lucy Frazer)]

As the hon. Lady will know, we are doing a great deal to support women, and men, who have suffered from domestic violence. The Domestic Abuse Bill is currently being looked at. The Government have pledged an additional £20 million over this Parliament to support victims and organisations combating domestic abuse. Women’s Aid does a fantastic job.

[Mrs Helen Grant (Maidstone and The Weald) (Con)]

In light of recent objection to the Hereditary Titles (Female Succession) Bill of my hon. Friend the Member for Shipley (Philip Davies) that would address the discrimination against daughters when it comes to inheritance, when do the Government intend to end the practice of male primogeniture?

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[Louise Haigh (Sheffield, Heeley) (Lab)]

Will the Minister confirm the Government’s position on whether the automatic parental right of men who have fathered children through rape should be removed?

[Lucy Frazer]

I know that the hon. Lady is passionate about this, and I am pleased she has taken up this very important campaign. The Ministry of Justice is looking very closely at it. I have mentioned before that the civil procedure rule committee is looking at the issue she has raised in the past about applications to court. It will have a further meeting at the beginning of May, and I will be very happy to update her on that when the meeting has taken place.

[Karen Lee]

On a point of order, Mr Speaker.

Oral Answers to Questions

Lucy Frazer Excerpts

Thursday 12th October 2017 Commons Chamber

[The Minister of State, Ministry of Justice (Dominic Raab)]

We keep all public order offences under constant review. If the hon. Lady would like to make a submission in relation to that, I would be happy to look at it.

[Lucy Frazer (South East Cambridgeshire) (Con)]

It is important to ensure that our girls, as well as our boys, get a good education, and the best way to do that is to ensure that we have good teachers. What is the Minister doing to ensure that more girls, as well as boys, go into teaching?

[The Minister for Equalities (Nick Gibb)]

We are determined to increase the number of high-quality graduates coming into teaching, whether they are male or female. We have a series of generous tax-free bursaries of up to £28,000 to encourage the best graduates to come into teaching. We have a very strong economy, so we are competing with industry and commerce for those graduates, but we are doing everything we can to get more good people into teaching.