Violence against Women and Girls Strategy

Katrina Murray Excerpts

Monday 15th December 2025 Commons Chamber

[Jess Phillips]

I cannot say which organisations will get the funding, but I can absolutely commit to there being long-term funding.

[Katrina Murray (Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch) (Lab)]

There has been more than one week during my time in this place where every piece of casework that has come to my office has had a violence against women and girls component to it. The complexity of this issue cannot be underestimated. I do not want to pre-empt the launch of the strategy, which is eagerly awaited by all the agencies in my constituency that deal with this issue on a daily basis, but can the Minister confirm what engagement there has been with the Scottish Government so that we have a joined-up approach for the parts of the services that are devolved?

[Jess Phillips]

The strategy, like much of the work, applies to England and Wales, but I have met my counterparts in Scotland on a number of occasions to ensure that we are working together. Some areas of this issue are to do with immigration and parts of welfare, which are not devolved. I have also met lots of Scottish organisations, and we will continue to make sure that there is synthesis and learning from both sides.