Business of the House Debate

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Department: Leader of the House

Business of the House

Sarah Newton Excerpts
Thursday 12th January 2012

(12 years, 3 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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John Bercow Portrait Mr Speaker
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Colleagues have quirky ideas about commas and semi-colons; that is immediately apparent.

Sarah Newton Portrait Sarah Newton (Truro and Falmouth) (Con)
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Men, too, are victims of domestic violence, so may we have a debate about the Government’s recent announcement of new money that is available to help voluntary sector organisations that provide vital support to those victims?

Lord Young of Cookham Portrait Sir George Young
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I commend my hon. Friend for drawing attention to the fact that not just women are victims of domestic violence. I cannot promise such a debate, but I refer her to the hon. Member for North East Derbyshire and the Backbench Business Committee.