Violence against Women and Girls Strategy Debate
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Violence against Women and Girls Strategy
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Lord in Waiting/Government Whip (Lord Katz) (Lab)
My Lords, I think it is the turn of the Cross Benches.
Baroness Gohir (CB)
My Lords, the Minister has said that it is a full strategy. Does the strategy address the disproportionately higher domestic homicide rates among black, Asian and minority ethnic women? Will there be ring-fenced funding for minoritised women’s groups?
Lord Hanson of Flint (Lab)
I cannot comment today on the funding aspect—that will become clear over time—but let me assure the noble Baroness that the issue of domestic violence in minority ethnic groups is key. Measures will be announced in the strategy on honour-based violence, female genital mutilation and support for organisations, in order to help, in a political sense, deal with the issue she has raised.