Oral Answers to Questions

Joe Morris Excerpts

Thursday 13th November 2025 Commons Chamber

[Peter Prinsley (Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket) (Lab)]

4. What steps she is taking to help increase prosecution rates in cases of violence against women and girls.

[Joe Morris (Hexham) (Lab)]

5. What steps she is taking to help increase prosecution rates in cases of violence against women and girls.

[Tristan Osborne (Chatham and Aylesford) (Lab)]

10. What steps she is taking to help increase prosecution rates in cases of violence against women and girls.

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[The Solicitor General]

I thank Restore for its excellent work—the organisation has been diligently supporting victims of domestic abuse for decades now. Under the joint justice plan, CPS areas and police forces have worked together to tailor their response to domestic abuse, addressing local priorities and community needs, including those in rural areas. In the new year, police and CPS will hold a joint knowledge-sharing event on domestic abuse in rural areas, to build improved understanding of the barriers these victims often face.

[Joe Morris]

In 2024-25, Northumberland domestic abuse services supported 555 adult survivors of domestic abuse and responded to thousands of domestic abuse incidents. Sadly, many of those incidents involved children. Will the Solicitor General meet me and Sharon Brown from NDAS—who is sat in the Public Gallery—to discuss steps for improving support for victims of domestic abuse in rural areas?

[The Solicitor General]

My hon. Friend’s question provides another example of the enormously important work that organisations such as NDAS do to support survivors of domestic abuse. I welcome Sharon to the Gallery today, and pay tribute to her and her colleagues. I would be delighted to meet her and my hon. Friend to discuss what more can be done to support victims in rural areas, particularly with our CPS colleagues.