In Parliament

Ministers engage regularly with stakeholders from across the justice sector and value the importance of listening to and the opportunity

I thank my hon. Friend for his question on hate crime.

The Member for East Renfrewshire will be aware of my decision, alongside the Advocate General’s for Scotland, to refer the UN Convention

I thank the hon.

Yes, tackling domestic abuse, as I have been saying, is a key focus of the Government. In my hon.

I do not think it is accurate to refer to the criminal justice system as failing women and girls.

I have actually discussed the issue of recorders very recently with the senior judiciary.

I thank my hon. Friend for his question.

The hon. Lady is right to point to the case load. In fact, the Crown Prosecution Service’s case load has increased considerably.

As the hon. Lady may know, a rape review is due to be published soon.