All 2 Debates between Lucy Frazer and Rachel Maclean

Mon 18th Jun 2018
Upskirting
Commons Chamber
(Urgent Question)

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Debate between Lucy Frazer and Rachel Maclean
Tuesday 9th October 2018

(5 years, 5 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Lucy Frazer Portrait Lucy Frazer
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I read that advice from the Law Society with interest. I recently met the Law Society and a number of solicitors that it brought with it to discuss the issues that face the profession, in relation not only to legal advice but to the age of the profession. As I have mentioned, we are doing a legal aid review, which will report at the end of the year.

Rachel Maclean Portrait Rachel Maclean (Redditch) (Con)
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Ministers in the Department are aware of the deep concerns of one of my constituents, who has been impacted by a very long wait for a second post-mortem following the loss of her brother. This has also impacted on other people, up and down the country. Will the Minister agree to meet me to see what more can be done to address the concerns of my constituent and her fellow RoadPeace campaigners?

Upskirting

Debate between Lucy Frazer and Rachel Maclean
Monday 18th June 2018

(5 years, 9 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Lucy Frazer Portrait Lucy Frazer
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The Government have a priority: to ensure that this legislation gets on to the statute book as soon as possible. On the Government side of the House, we are not bothered about the vehicle for that; the public are not concerned about that. The priority is to ensure that the legislation goes on to the statute book. As my right hon. Friend the Member for Basingstoke (Mrs Miller) recognised, the Government have made a commitment to introducing a Bill as swiftly as possible and we will be doing so on Thursday.

The Government have taken a number of measures to ensure that women are protected. On domestic violence, we have ensured that coercive control is recognised as a matter of domestic violence and we have increased the penalties for stalking. Members on the Government Benches do want to protect women.

Rachel Maclean Portrait Rachel Maclean (Redditch) (Con)
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I assure the Minister that from the multiple conversations I have had, every single Back Bencher on the Government Benches, bar an unfortunate very small minority, support the Government bringing this forward as a criminal offence. We welcome it almost unanimously. Does she believe that making this a criminal offence is an extremely welcome step forward in tackling some of the sexist attitudes remaining in our society that underpin violence against women and girls?

Lucy Frazer Portrait Lucy Frazer
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I agree with my hon. Friend. I have not heard one Government Member say that they think that as a matter of principle this measure should not become law. I agree that this very important proposed legislation needs to be put through Parliament.