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226036

registered interest
date	09/03/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Government plans to ratify the Council of Europe's Istanbul Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	226663
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p>The Coalition Government signed the Istanbul Convention on 8 June 2012 signalling its strong commitment on tackling violence against women and girls. <br><br>The UK already has some of the most robust protections in the world against violence towards women and we already comply with the vast majority of the articles to the convention. Primary legislation will be needed to comply with the extra-territorial jurisdiction provisions in Article 44 of the Convention before it can be ratified.<br><br>Ministers are currently considering the extent to which we need to amend the criminal law of England and Wales for compliance with Article 44 prior to ratification of the Convention. Any changes necessary to the criminal law in Scotland and Northern Ireland prior to ratification are matters for the devolved administrations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 18/03/2015 11:48:20 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone previous answer version 49424 answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

223392

registered interest
date	24/02/2015
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	UN Conference on Women
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, when her Office plans to publish the results of its survey to mark the twentieth anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	225123
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2015 answer text <p>The Government Equalities Office launched a women’s engagement roadshow and online survey to mark the twentieth anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. We are inviting women’s organisations across the UK to tell us what progress has been made towards gender equality and priorities for future action.</p><p> </p><p>Findings from both the series of events and online survey will be published shortly to mark the twentieth anniversary.</p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 27/02/2015 10:18:18 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

223393

registered interest
date	24/02/2015
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what recent progress she has made on implementing the recommendations of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on the UK's record on women's rights and services.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	225100
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2015 answer text <p>The UK Government is firmly committed to delivering its obligations under the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). The UK’s <a href="http://docstore.ohchr.org/SelfServices/FilesHandler.ashx?enc=6QkG1d%2fPPRiCAqhKb7yhsldCrOlUTvLRFDjh6%2fx1pWCZ2ExRBbyZjrlwi3Pzus9nuCu%2b8n7Fv%2bu26LKKyJw5U0xacLtmpcD%2fjNjdXq564yoWBdG73RfZ2Rpeb9R7BaJ5" target="_blank">seventh periodic report</a> to the committee was submitted in 2012.</p><p>Following the UK’s CEDAW examination in July 2013 the committee made a number of <a href="http://docstore.ohchr.org/SelfServices/FilesHandler.ashx?enc=6QkG1d%2fPPRiCAqhKb7yhsldCrOlUTvLRFDjh6%2fx1pWB8bSlKfa34XmmIN3lG11hwWhjFqrEprJHQfoipZTwnVkhDALmzaR6gCklPapM2exTMh89SX7GUOJHbH%2bN8Qq9U" target="_blank">observations and recommendations</a>. The Government has been asked to respond to these in July 2017 in our 8th Periodic report. The Minister for Women and Equalities has written to her ministerial colleagues in relevant departments asking them to take forward the recommendations.</p><p>The committee asked the Government to respond to two of their recommendations before 2017 – they have sought a response to their recommendations on abortion in Northern Ireland and on legal aid and access to justice in November 2014 and 2015 respectively. The <a href="http://tbinternet.ohchr.org/Treaties/CEDAW/Shared%20Documents/GBR/CEDAW_C_GBR_CO_7_Add-1_15053_E.pdf" target="_blank">first of these responses</a> was submitted in November 2014.</p><p> </p><p>We are also currently working on extending CEDAW to the overseas territories of Anguilla, Bermuda, Gibraltar and the Cayman Islands.</p><p> </p><br /><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 27/02/2015 10:16:30 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

223395

registered interest
date	24/02/2015
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	UN Commission on the Status of Women
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what the Government’s objectives are for the fifty ninth session of the Commission on the Status of Women; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	225271
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2015 answer text <p>The Commission on the Status of Women is recognised worldwide as being the major international forum to progress women’s rights.</p><p>The UK ‘s objectives for CSW59 are to:</p><p>· Achieve a strong Political Declaration that publicly reaffirms commitment to the Beijing Platform for Action and calls for a strong and explicit commitment to achieve gender equality, the empowerment and the realisation of the human rights of women and girls in the post 2015 framework. Ensure the document does not include regressive language or roll back on progress;</p><p>· Ensure that the CSW Working Method Resolution reaffirms CSW as the principal global policy-making body dedicated exclusively to gender equality, the empowerment and the human rights of women and girls and that it is fit for purpose post-2015;</p><p>· In the run up to CSW build a positive negotiation climate with other member states, UN bodies and civil society;</p><p>· Enhance the UK’s reputation as an international leader in advancing the rights of girls and women.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Through the UK Statement and other means we will seek to progress the UK’s key domestic and international priorities for women which include preventing sexual violence in conflict situations, challenging social norms such as female genital mutilation and child, early and forced marriage, women's economic empowerment, access to education, violence against women and girls and sexual and reproductive health and rights.</p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 27/02/2015 10:17:29 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

176504

registered interest
date	28/01/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Offences against Children and Vulnerable Adults
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the contribution of Lord Bates of 28 October 2014, Official Report, column 1083 House of Lords, what the reasons are for the time taken to implement her Department's consultation on mandatory reporting of abuse of children and vulnerable adults.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	222631
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2015 answer text <p>We will ensure that all interested organisations and the public will have the appropriate information and the options available to them so that they can give this issue full consideration during the consultation period. During the House <br>debates on the Serious Crime Bill we committed to a timetable of 18 months from Royal Assent to have completed the consultation on mandatory reporting of abuse of children and vulnerable adults.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone grouped question UIN 222503 222504 question first answered 04/02/2015 12:39:35 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone previous answer version 42101 answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

176509

registered interest
date	28/01/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Offences against Children and Vulnerable Adults
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how she plans to incorporate the views of charities and children's services into the terms of reference of her Department's consultation on mandatory report of abuse of children and vulnerable adults.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	222503
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2015 answer text <p>We will ensure that all interested organisations and the public will have the appropriate information and the options available to them so that they can give this issue full consideration during the consultation period. During the House <br>debates on the Serious Crime Bill we committed to a timetable of 18 months from Royal Assent to have completed the consultation on mandatory reporting of abuse of children and vulnerable adults.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone grouped question UIN 222504 222631 question first answered 04/02/2015 12:39:35 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone previous answer version 42099 answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

176510

registered interest
date	28/01/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Offences against Children and Vulnerable Adults
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how she plans to incorporate the views of hon. Members and key stakeholders into the terms of reference of her Department's consultation on mandatory report of abuse of children and vulnerable adults.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	222504
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2015 answer text <p>We will ensure that all interested organisations and the public will have the appropriate information and the options available to them so that they can give this issue full consideration during the consultation period. During the House <br>debates on the Serious Crime Bill we committed to a timetable of 18 months from Royal Assent to have completed the consultation on mandatory reporting of abuse of children and vulnerable adults.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone grouped question UIN 222503 222631 question first answered 04/02/2015 12:39:35 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone previous answer version 42100 answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

175958

registered interest
date	27/01/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Offences against Children and Vulnerable Adults
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the timetable will be for the consultation on mandatory reporting of abuse of children and vulnerable adults.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	222170
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2015 answer text <p>During the House debates on the Serious Crime Bill we committed to a timetable of 18 months from Royal Assent to have completed the consultation on mandatory reporting of abuse of children and vulnerable adults. The budget for the <br>consultation is currently being scoped.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone grouped question UIN 222171 question first answered 04/02/2015 12:39:56 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone previous answer version 42097 answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

175959

registered interest
date	27/01/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Offences against Children and Vulnerable Adults
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the budget will be for the consultation on mandatory reporting of abuse of children and vulnerable adults.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	222171
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2015 answer text <p>During the House debates on the Serious Crime Bill we committed to a timetable of 18 months from Royal Assent to have completed the consultation on mandatory reporting of abuse of children and vulnerable adults. The budget for the <br>consultation is currently being scoped.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone grouped question UIN 222170 question first answered 04/02/2015 12:39:56 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone previous answer version 42098 answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

175960

registered interest
date	27/01/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Crimes of Violence: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which organisations tackling violence against women and girls receive central government funding for a telephone helpline; and when the funding for each organisation is due to end.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	222166
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2015 answer text <p>Tackling violence against women and girls (VAWG) is a key priority for this government, and ring-fenced funding of £40million is a critical part of our VAWG strategy and action plans. Of this ring-fenced funding, over £900,000 per <br>year has been provided to support the following free phone national helplines: the National Stalking Helpline run by Suzy Lamplugh Trust; the National Domestic Violence Helpline run jointly by Women's Aid and Refuge; Broken <br>Rainbow, who offer help to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender victims; the Male Advice(and Enquiry)Line and the RESPECT helpline.<br><br>We are currently giving careful consideration to future funding options and a decision will be announced in coming weeks.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone grouped question UIN 222164 222165 question first answered 12/02/2015 16:00:53 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone previous answer version 42096 answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra