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Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Tue 16 Dec 2025
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: David Lammy (Lab - Tottenham) their work on sexual violence and domestic abuse. - Speech Link
2: Uma Kumaran (Lab - Stratford and Bow) The result is near-total impunity for the men who commit serious offences of sexual assault and domestic - Speech Link
3: Alex Davies-Jones (Lab - Pontypridd) those rape myths and stereotypes, and we are committed to our manifesto commitment of introducing independent - Speech Link
4: Wera Hobhouse (LD - Bath) One in three rape trials end up being postponed, in some cases more than six times, and 73% of rape survivors - Speech Link
5: Alison Bennett (LD - Mid Sussex) Survivors’ Network supports all victims of sexual assault and abuse in Sussex. When my hon. - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Courts and Tribunals Bill (First sitting)
Committee stage: 1st sitting - Wed 25 Mar 2026
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Jess Brown-Fuller (LD - Chichester) As part of your review, did you look at the concept of rape and serious sexual offences courts? - Speech Link
2: Siân Berry (Green - Brighton Pavilion) affected by this Bill, but rape and sexual assault, as far as I understand it, are indictable-only and - Speech Link
3: Siân Berry (Green - Brighton Pavilion) VAWG comprises not just sexual violence; it includes domestic abuse, sexual violence and sexual offences - Speech Link
4: None I am a victim of rape and actual bodily harm, and I was seen in a Crown court with a jury. - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Daesh Crimes: Accountability (JCHR Report) - Tue 09 Sep 2025
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Baroness Kennedy of Shaws (Lab - Life peer) marriage, rape and sexual violence.One of the horrors is that, at first, their own community was reluctant - Speech Link
2: Lord Thomas of Gresford (LD - Life peer) the rape and enslavement of the women and children, amounted to genocide. - Speech Link
3: Lord Callanan (Con - Life peer) women and girls being subjected to abductions, forced conversions, forced marriage, rape and sexual - Speech Link
4: Lord Katz (Lab - Life peer) and conflict-related sexual violence. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Crime and Policing Bill
Report stage: Part 2 - Mon 02 Mar 2026
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: None 65 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (sex with an adult relative)” substitute “sections 64 and 65 of the - Speech Link
2: Baroness Bertin (Con - Life peer) The Sexual Offences Act means that it is completely illegal in nearly all step-relations, and it should - Speech Link
3: None , as they currently are under Section 69 of the Sexual Offences Act, and they will continue to be. - Speech Link
4: Lord Blencathra (Con - Life peer) tied in amendments to the Sexual Offences Act and the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act for images - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Courts and Tribunals Bill
2nd reading2nd Reading - Tue 10 Mar 2026
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Henry Tufnell (Lab - Mid and South Pembrokeshire) both low and mid-level offences. - Speech Link
2: Charlotte Nichols (Lab - Warrington North) for non-contact sexual offences, which can cause significant and lasting harm.Finally, the VAWG sector - Speech Link
3: Matt Bishop (Lab - Forest of Dean) Trials are taking longer and for some of the most serious offences, particularly rape and sexual assault - Speech Link
4: Yasmin Qureshi (Lab - Bolton South and Walkden) sexual abuse specialist and rape specialist. - Speech Link
5: Warinder Juss (Lab - Wolverhampton West) and serious sexual offences cases, drawing on recommendations from the Law Commission. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Crime and Policing Bill
Committee stage part one - Tue 27 Jan 2026
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Neville-Rolfe (Con - Life peer) transport, and offences involving bicycles and e-scooters. - Speech Link
2: Lord Jackson of Peterborough (Con - Life peer) between 68.5% and 72.6% of offences during the last four years. - Speech Link
3: Lord Davies of Gower (Con - Life peer) Between 2020 and 2024, more than 30,000 prosecutions collapsed. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Cash (Con - Life peer) times—of self-declared gender, including for suspects in sexual offences. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Social Media Posts: Penalties for Offences - Mon 17 Nov 2025
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Emily Darlington (Lab - Milton Keynes Central) of minorities death and rape threats when they speak freely, and that includes Members of this House—like - Speech Link
2: Kieran Mullan (Con - Bexhill and Battle) Accurate quantitative data on arrests and prosecutions for offences on social media are therefore hard - Speech Link
3: Kieran Mullan (Con - Bexhill and Battle) We excluded sexual offences, and the early release schemes that continued excluded sexual offences. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Grooming Gangs: Independent Inquiry - Thu 11 Dec 2025
Home Office

Mentions:
1: None The inquiry will pass evidence to law enforcement, so it can take forward any further prosecutions and - Speech Link
2: None We are already legislating in the Crime and Policing Bill to disregard offences related to prostitution - Speech Link
3: Lord Davies of Gower (Con - Life peer) ethnicity and the mass rape of young girls? - Speech Link
4: Lord Hanson of Flint (Lab - Life peer) ensures that we do not create further victims of child sexual abuse and that we tackle the underlying - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Northern Ireland: Legacy of the Past - Thu 19 Mar 2026
Northern Ireland Office

Mentions:
1: Julian Lewis (Con - New Forest East) Its purpose was to give immunity to stop vexatious prosecutions and to enable the truth recovery process - Speech Link
2: Robin Swann (UUP - South Antrim) The Northern Ireland Assembly has debated the issue of sexual crimes, and there was cross-party support - Speech Link
3: Paul Kohler (LD - Wimbledon) a de facto bar on investigating sexual offences not linked to death or serious injury, but their proposed - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Crime and Policing Bill
Committee stage part two - Thu 27 Nov 2025
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Blencathra (Con - Life peer) The police recorded data shows just over 100,000 offences of child sexual abuse and exploitation recorded - Speech Link
2: Lord Davies of Gower (Con - Life peer) They probe the definitions of child sexual assault and rape, and also impose a statutory duty to investigate - Speech Link
3: Lord Hanson of Flint (Lab - Life peer) Additionally, the difference in how offences are labelled in the Sexual Offences Act 2003 and mandating - Speech Link
4: Baroness Doocey (LD - Life peer) Real children are also increasingly subjected to virtual rape and sexual abuse online. - Speech Link