Oral Question·Women and Equalities
“If the Government will take steps to ensure that companies put in place workplace policies to support survivors of domestic abuse and reduce its effect on the workplace.”
Tabled: 12 November 2018Answered: 15 November 2018
Answering Minister
the Minister for Women and Equalities
Answer from Hansard
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (Jake Richards)
Decisions on remand and sentence length are made by judges independently of Government, and it would be wholly wrong for a Government to intervene in a judicial matter.