Domestic Abuse and Gender Based Violence
(asked on 24th May 2021) - View Source
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, what meetings (a) he and (b) the Solicitor General have had with women's groups to discuss measures to prevent (a) gender-based violence and (b) domestic violence since February 2020.
Ministers engage regularly with stakeholders from across the justice sector and value the importance of listening to and the opportunity to understand their views in relation to relevant issues. Meetings with external organisations, including women’s groups, are published as part of the quarterly Ministerial transparency returns.
The following table includes a list of meetings the Law Officers have had with stakeholders and women’s groups since February 2020:
Minister | Date | Name of organisation or role | Purpose of meeting |
Geoffrey Cox | 2020-02-11 | Victims' Commissioner, Victims' Commissioner for London, End Violence Against Women and Girls | Meeting to discuss cross-government work on rape. |
Michael Ellis | 2020-01-23 | The Lighthouse | Visit to discuss their work supporting victims of Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse |
Michael Ellis | 2020-01-23 | Victim Support | Visit to discuss their work supporting victims of crime |
Suella Braverman | 2020-04-22 | Victims' Commissioner | Introductory meeting to discuss work on Rape And Serious Sexual Offending, the Cross-Government End-to-End Rape Review and Domestic Abuse |
Suella Braverman | 2020-09-09 | Victims' Commissioner | To discuss criminal justice issues of interest to the Victims' Commissioner. |
Suella Braverman | 2020-11-04 | Victims' Commissioner | Routine meeting to discuss issues of relevance to the Victims’ Commissioner (including rape and domestic prosecutions, the approach to disclosure, and wider victims’ work). |
Lucy Frazer | 2021-04-20 | Domestic Abuse Commissioner | Introductory meeting to discuss issues in relation to Domestic Abuse, including the prosecution of DA cases during the pandemic. |
Lucy Frazer | 2021-04-26 | Rape Crisis | Meeting to discuss work to improve the criminal justice response to rape and serious sexual offences (‘RASSO’). |
Lucy Frazer & Michael Ellis | 2021-05-10 | Victims' Commissioner | Routine meeting to discuss progress towards publication of the cross-government rape review, and the impact of the pandemic on victims. |