Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Home Office

Oral Answers to Questions

Mike Wood Excerpts
Monday 22nd February 2016

(8 years, 10 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Baroness May of Maidenhead Portrait Mrs May
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I remember the days when the hon. Lady and I served on the council of the London Borough of Merton. She took an interest in domestic violence and support for its victims and survivors then, and she continues to do so now. Of course, the Government have put extra money into refuges and supported various domestic violence services. It is a terrible crime and we need to deal with it.

Mike Wood Portrait Mike Wood (Dudley South) (Con)
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What assessment has been made of the number of connections police forces have made to the child abuse image database since it launched?

Karen Bradley Portrait The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department (Karen Bradley)
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My hon. Friend raises the very important issue of the child abuse image database, which was introduced by the Government and is leading the world in tackling online indecent images of children. We now have all 43 forces connected to the image database and are starting to see real results in protecting children.