Written Evidence Mar. 17 2025
Committee: Public Accounts CommitteeFound: and statutory organisations, and ultimately to eradicate domestic abuse.
Mentions:
1: Gosal, Pam (Con - West Scotland) Having spoken to survivors of sexual crimes and domestic abuse, it is clear to me that non-harassment - Speech Link
2: Dowey, Sharon (Con - South Scotland) My amendment 241 would protect victims of domestic abuse by requiring anyone who is convicted of a domestic - Speech Link
3: Chapman, Maggie (Green - North East Scotland) Sharon Dowey’s amendment 241 relates to domestic abuse cases only, as she and Pam Gosal outlined. - Speech Link
4: Constance, Angela (SNP - Almond Valley) trials have on victims, but the courts service has very little direct engagement with victims and so - Speech Link
Asked by: Steve Darling (Liberal Democrat - Torbay)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he plans to take through the criminal justice system to reduce levels of violence against women.
Answered by Alex Davies-Jones - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)
This Government was elected with the unprecedented ambition to halve violence against women and girls (VAWG) in a decade, which is an integral part of the wider mission to take back our streets and raise confidence in the police and criminal justice system.
To begin, we have committed to fast-tracking rape cases through the courts to deliver swift and effective justice to some of the most vulnerable victims and survivors. In addition, we have announced that from next year, we will be rolling out free, independent legal advocates for victims and survivors of adult rape, ensuring that they have support to enforce their legal rights, for example, in relation to use of their personal records during an investigation or in court.
We will also be piloting Domestic Abuse Protection Orders from November, and in the family court we will further expand the Pathfinder courts model and ensure that children and families are better supported with access to domestic abuse specialists.
In our manifesto we also committed to banning the creation of sexually explicit deepfakes, as well as strengthening the law to help the police better respond to the crime of spiking.
These are just some of the early steps we are taking in the Ministry of Justice to deliver on our ambition to halve VAWG. I am also working closely with my cross-government colleagues to ensure every department is focussed on tackling this national emergency.
Sep. 19 2024
Source Page: New measures set out to combat violence against women and girlsFound: Victims of domestic abuse will be better protected from vile perpetrators under new plans to strengthen
Mentions:
1: Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen (Non-affiliated - Life peer) Many older victims develop coping mechanisms and accept domestic abuse as part of everyday life. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Gale (Lab - Life peer) Older people who are victims of domestic abuse are often overlooked and not taken seriously. - Speech Link
3: Lord Loomba (XB - Life peer) Research shows that 71% of domestic abuse victims have experienced some form of online abuse, and we - Speech Link
4: Lord Russell of Liverpool (XB - Excepted Hereditary) can create; family courts; migrant survivors; and domestic homicide and suicide.Turning briefly to domestic - Speech Link
5: Lord Hanson of Flint (Lab - Life peer) That involves the National Health Service and schools understanding domestic abuse and victims getting - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Tristan Osborne (Lab - Chatham and Aylesford) domestic abuse requires significant time and attention.How do we resolve these issues? - Speech Link
2: Sarah Sackman (Lab - Finchley and Golders Green) domestic abuse support. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Nicoll, Audrey (SNP - Aberdeen South and North Kincardine) Procurator Fiscal Service, and Emma Forbes, the national lead for domestic abuse for the Crown Office - Speech Link
2: None The 2018 act defines domestic abuse as abuse between partners or ex-partners and section 5 of that act - Speech Link
3: None However, the research is clear that there is also a lot of domestic violence and domestic abuse that - Speech Link
4: None to identify learning that can resource the wider systems and supports around victims of domestic abuse - Speech Link
Sep. 30 2024
Source Page: Criminal Justice Modernisation and Abusive Domestic Behaviour Reviews (Scotland) Bill: Island Communities Impact AssessmentFound: from the circumstances of domestic abuse related homicides and suicides.
Written Evidence Feb. 12 2025
Inquiry: Children’s social careFound: We campaign to stop the cruelty and discrimination we face from social services and the family courts
Oral Evidence Mar. 17 2025
Committee: Public Accounts CommitteeFound: For domestic abuse, given the volume—and it is domestic abuse, sexual violence and stalking that the