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<p>The Minister for Crime, Safeguarding and Vulnerability and the Solicitor General
regularly meet to discuss issues related to sexual violence, including improving outcomes
for victims of rape and serious sexual offences. The Attorney General also is a member
of the Violence Against Women and Girls Inter Ministerial Group, chaired by the Home
Secretary, at which issues related to rape and sexual violence are also discussed.</p><p>Rape
and sexual violence are devastating crimes and we expect every report to be treated
seriously from the point of disclosure, every victim to be treated with dignity and
every investigation and every prosecution to be conducted thoroughly and professionally.We
continue to work with the police to look at ways to improve police investigations
of rape and ensure that their guidance on investigating and prosecuting rape is implemented
in every police force area. We are working with the CPS, Ministry of Justice and Attorney
General’s Office to better understand these issues, which will be addressed in detail
in the upcoming Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy Refresh.</p>
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