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<p>The Government is committed to supporting all victims of domestic abuse and continues
to engage with victims, survivors and the sector on this issue.</p><p>On 8 March 2018
the Government published the consultation, Transforming the Response to Domestic Abuse,
setting out our proposed approach to tackling domestic abuse. The consultation received
over 3200 responses from a range of sources including, victims and survivors, support
organisations and research experts. The knowledge and expertise extracted from the
consultation have informed the measures included in the draft Domestic Abuse Bill
and package of non-legislative initiatives.</p><p>On 15 May 2019, I, together with
the Minister for Immigration (Caroline Nokes), the Minister of State for Equalities
(Baroness Williams of Trafford) and the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at
the Ministry of Justice (Edward Argar) co-hosted a Round Table on migrant women affected
by domestic abuse. Representatives from the sector were invited to discuss the issues
facing migrant women affected by domestic abuse and the opportunities to tackle these
issues.</p><p>The Home Secretary and I are committed to continue this engagement with
domestic abuse survivors and representatives from the sector, to ensure the Bill and
supporting programme of work is effective and achieves our aim to transform the Government’s
response to domestic abuse.</p>
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