Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence (Ratification of Convention) Bill Debate
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Margaret Ferrier
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Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence (Ratification of Convention) Bill
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Report stage: House of Commons
Friday 24th February 2017
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Friday 24th February 2017
(7 years, 9 months ago)
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Margaret Ferrier (Rutherglen and Hamilton West) (SNP)
Some seven women a month are killed in England and Wales alone. Does my hon. Friend agree that that deserves to be treated with the utmost urgency, as we would any other major cause of death?
Dr Whiteford
My hon. Friend is absolutely right. We also need to understand the dynamic of control and abuse that feeds those shocking statistics.