Oral QuestionChurch Commissioners

To ask the hon. Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, what steps the Church of England has taken to support family life during the covid-19 lockdown.

Tabled: 22 June 2020Answered: 25 June 2020

Asked by

Joy Morrissey

ConservativeBeaconsfield

Answering Minister

the Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners

Answer from Hansard

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (Alex Davies-Jones)

This Government have committed to halving violence against women and girls in a decade. A broad range of bail conditions can be imposed to protect victims, including electronic monitoring for those who meet the remand threshold, exclusion zones and non-contact orders. Suspects can also be remanded in prison.