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Lord Griffiths of Burry Port (Lab)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 21 January 2026

Debate

Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy

Contribution

My Lords, the Istanbul convention was signed up to by the British Government when it was promulgated. It took several years, until 2022, for it to be considered ratified and its provisions incorporated into British law. However, Article 59 remains beyond our reach. It seems that a pilot scheme that was set up in 2022, or at least announced then, has yet to report. This concerns the rights of migrant women and the protections that we ought to be affording them. In the words of my predecessor, when may we expect the outcome of the pilot report so that the Istanbul convention can finally and completely be ratified?

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