As with other private Member’s Bills, is it not also about the message we send out? The fact that this has languished for four and a half years sends out the message that women and violence against them are not important—and then we wonder why women do not report attacks or intimidation in their own home.
Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence (Ratification of Convention) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Philippa Whitford
(Scottish National Party)
in the House of Commons on Friday, 16 December 2016.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence (Ratification of Convention) Bill.
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2016-17
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