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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 21 Nov 2018
Self-identification of Gender

"The shadow Minister, the hon. Member for Brent Central (Dawn Butler), said that Labour fully supports debate. The Minister has just said the same. Do they both support local authorities—Conservative and Labour—in allowing groups such as Woman’s Place UK and Transgender Trend to hold meetings in local authority buildings?..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 21 Nov 2018
Self-identification of Gender

"Of course, everyone who has concerns about this issue in any direction totally condemns any violence against anyone who is transsexual in any way. Those responsible for physical or verbal assaults, or any other kind of abuse, deserve to be punished with the full force of the law. I have …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 29 Oct 2018
Oral Answers to Questions

"10. What steps he is taking to tackle knife crime. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 29 Oct 2018
Oral Answers to Questions

"The Minister knows that the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 currently prevents the police from using past criminal convictions as grounds for determining whether a search is proportionate. Will she consider changing PACE so that people who are stopped for a legitimate reason and who are found to have …..."
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Written Question
Female Genital Mutilation: Convictions
Monday 10th September 2018

Asked by: David T C Davies (Conservative - Monmouth)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been convicted of offences relating to FGM in the last three years for which figures are available.

Answered by Victoria Atkins - Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is a crime and it is child abuse. The Government is clear that we will not tolerate a practice that can cause extreme and lifelong suffering to women and girls.

To date, there have been no convictions for FGM.

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and the police have highlighted that barriers to prosecution include a lack of referrals to the police, a lack of information from affected communities, and the age and vulnerability of victims. The Serious Crime Act 2015 introduced a number of measures to help overcome these, including: a new mandatory reporting duty for known cases of FGM in under-18s; extended extra-territorial jurisdiction over FGM offences committed abroad; lifelong anonymity for victims; FGM Protection Orders (FGMPOs), and a new offence of failure to protect a girl from the risk of FGM.

In addition, lead FGM prosecutors have been appointed, and the police and CPS have put in place joint FGM investigation and prosecution protocols. Border Force, the police and other agencies regularly carry out joint operations at the border to raise awareness of practices such as FGM to identify and protect potential victims.

Written Question
Daily Express: Freedom of Information
Wednesday 21st February 2018

Asked by: David T C Davies (Conservative - Monmouth)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many freedom of information requests from Mr Giles Sheldrick of the Daily Express are outstanding.

Answered by Caroline Nokes

I shall write to my Hon. Friend with the information, subject to Mr Sheldrick’s consent.

Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 20 Apr 2017
Backbench Business

"I beg to move,

That this House has considered the European Arrest Warrant.

Mr Evans, you will be aware that back in January this year, there was a debate on the issue of Brexit and security, and I was one of a number of Members of Parliament who raised concerns …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 20 Apr 2017
Backbench Business

"I agree with the points the right hon. Gentleman is making. Does he agree that another problem is that British nationals who are extradited to countries in the EAW area cannot get bail because they do not habitually reside in those countries? They are denied a right that would be …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 20 Apr 2017
Backbench Business

"I had better gently point out that I was asked to resign a year or so ago because the rules had changed and the British Transport police decided they did not want a serving Member of Parliament as a special constable, so we shall not be meeting on the tube …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 20 Apr 2017
Backbench Business

"I do not disagree with anything the Minister says, but does he believe that the standards of justice applied in all countries that have the European arrest warrant match the standards that we would apply in the United Kingdom?..."
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