Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on reducing domestic violence during football games.

This Government is committed to transforming the response to domestic abuse and on 8 March we launched a consultation seeking views on a range of options to ensure victims are afforded the greatest possible protection and perpetrators are brought to justice. The consultation outlined a range of legislative proposals for a landmark Domestic Abuse Bill, together with a package of non-legislative measures.

As we develop the proposals following feedback from the consultation, we are in regular communication with other Government departments including the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, using forums such as the Inter-Ministerial Group on Violence against Women and Girls, in order to discuss how to transform the government’s response to domestic abuse.

We plan to publish our consultation response and draft Domestic Abuse Bill later this session.