Violence against Women and Girls

Part of the debate – in Westminster Hall am 4:18 pm ar 12 Hydref 2011.

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Photo of Karl McCartney Karl McCartney Ceidwadwyr, Lincoln 4:18, 12 Hydref 2011

I congratulate the hon. Member for Brighton, Pavilion on securing this debate and on how she delivered her speech. Is the Minister aware that of every three victims of partner abuse, two are female and one male? Is she concerned that successive Governments have placed all domestic abuse policy under an overarching violence against women and girls strategy? It means that men suffering domestic or sexual abuse are second-class victims. Effectively, it is an example of institutional sexism. Does she believe that domestic abuse must be—