Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Oral Answers to Questions

Ronnie Cowan Excerpts
Tuesday 24th May 2022

(2 years, 6 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Dominic Raab Portrait Dominic Raab
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I am pleased to see, in the context of the latest data, that rape convictions are up 67% on the previous year. We will be bringing forward our response to the consultation on the victims Bill and the associated package very shortly. There will be a step change—a quantum leap—in the number of ISVAs and independent domestic violence advisers as a result of the settlement that I have secured with the Treasury. I am happy to give the hon. Lady specific details.

Ronnie Cowan Portrait Ronnie Cowan (Inverclyde) (SNP)
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Over the years, many people have been coerced, often through violence, into being filmed in pornography that has been put online for people to see for years to come. Will the Government consider making provision in the Online Safety Bill for people to withdraw their consent and have that content removed from the internet?

Dominic Raab Portrait Dominic Raab
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The hon. Gentleman has raised an important point, which I will certainly convey to the Home Office in the context of the online harms Bill.