Part of Victims and Prisoners Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 4:15 pm on 6 July 2023.
Jess Phillips
Shadow Minister (Home Office), Shadow Minister (Domestic Violence and Safeguarding)
4:15,
6 July 2023
In the accounting of whether there is a risk, is there anything that would ensure that, for example, evidence is taken by the Parole Board from the family courts? There is a problem in that the family courts do not speak to the criminal courts—it happens all the time. A finding that somebody had committed rape could be found in the family court but not in the criminal court. I worry; for example, with children’s services—if there were children involved, would that be taken into account by the Parole Board? I do not think it is in any way a fair to say that an assessment of the risks posed—of any minimal threat to anyone, when we are considering domestic and sexual violence—could only come from the police, because so few women come forward.
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