Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations her Department has received on the investigation on prosecution of incidents of honour-based violence involving British nationals in other countries.

There is no ‘honour’ in so called ‘honour-based’ violence (HBV), and we will not allow political or cultural sensitivities to get in the way of tackling these crimes. The Home Office regularly engages with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office on representations on the investigation and prosecution of incidents of HBV, including as part of the work of the joint Home Office-FCO Forced Marriage Unit.