Debates between Geraint Davies and Michael Tomlinson during the 2019 Parliament

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Debate between Geraint Davies and Michael Tomlinson
Wednesday 7th December 2022

(1 year, 4 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Geraint Davies Portrait Geraint Davies (Swansea West) (Lab/Co-op)
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10. What steps she is taking to increase the proportion of cases relating to violence against women and girls that are prosecuted.

Michael Tomlinson Portrait The Solicitor General (Michael Tomlinson)
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The Government are committed to tackling violence against women and girls, and we have enacted a multitude of new offences designed to target predatory behaviour and to ensure that perpetrators are brought to justice. That includes stalking, coercive and controlling behaviour and upskirting. Further, in the year ending June 2022, prosecutions for rape offences were 49% higher compared with pre-covid levels.

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