“What assessment he has made of the potential effect of the Government's proposed Withdrawal Agreement and Political Declaration on the Scottish economy.”
Asked by
Janet Daby
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Scotland
Answer from Hansard
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department (Natalie Fleet)
Women and girls must feel and be safe everywhere, which is why we have provided funding for police to trial and evaluate Project Vigilant, where plain-clothed officers are deployed within the night-time economy to identify and de-escalate behaviours known to precede sexual offending. We are providing £13.9 million to improve the policing response to violence against women and girls nationally. New legislation means that someone causing intentional harassment, alarm or distress because of a person’s sex can now face up to two years in prison.