Question to the Home Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Lord Hanson of Flint on 28 April (HL Deb cols 978–981), whether they are planning to convene a meeting between foundations and philanthropists that offer funding to tackle violence against women and girls and civil society organisations that are seeking funding for that purpose.

We of course welcome philanthropic funding to support organisations tackling Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG), however it is not the role of Government to facilitate this. We will however seek to work with organisations from right across society to deliver on our mission to halve VAWG within a decade including those who fund VAWG schemes.