Gender Based Violence
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether he has made an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the Scottish offence of domestic assault in tackling violence against women and girls.
Answered by Kirsty McNeill
There can be no place in our society for violence against women and girls - and this Government was elected on a commitment to halve such violence over the next decade.
Tackling domestic abuse is a core part of this mission.
That is why last year the Secretary of State and I signed the “White Ribbon Pledge” to help end these atrocious crimes.
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