Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Home Office

Oral Answers to Questions

Stuart Anderson Excerpts
Monday 10th February 2020

(4 years, 10 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Kit Malthouse Portrait Kit Malthouse
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As I said in answer to an earlier question, co-ordination of the effort against county lines in terms of enforcement and intervention, and then rescuing young people who are involved in it, will take a huge amount of effort. The Cabinet committee that the Prime Minister has drawn together will look specifically at this. The hon. Lady will be pleased, however, that the Cabinet Office has been leading on cross-government work, looking at what more we can do to make sure that we deal with this problem.

Stuart Anderson Portrait Stuart Anderson (Wolverhampton South West) (Con)
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16. What steps she is taking to support victims of domestic abuse.

Victoria Atkins Portrait The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department (Victoria Atkins)
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The landmark Domestic Abuse Bill was announced alongside the Queen’s Speech on 19 December last year. The Bill and an accompanying non-legislative package will protect and support victims of domestic abuse across England and Wales and bring perpetrators to justice.

Stuart Anderson Portrait Stuart Anderson
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In the west midlands, over 60,000 domestic abuse-related incidents and crimes were recorded by the police in the year ending March 2019. Will the Minister ensure that in the forthcoming domestic abuse Bill these victims and their children, who as a result of their ordeal have been made homeless, are prioritised during the allocation of safe and permanent housing for victims of domestic abuse in Wolverhampton and across the country?