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“What discussions she has had with the British Transport Police on levels of reports of sexual assaults on trains between London and Kent.”

Tabled: 20 October 2026Answered: 26 October 2026

Asked by

Rosie Duffield

Independent — Canterbury

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for the Home Department

Answer from Hansard

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales (Dame Nia Griffith)

The Government hold regular discussions with the Welsh Government on tackling violence against women and girls to help drive forward the Government’s ambition to halve violence against women and girls in a decade. Most recently, on 13 November, the Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department, my hon. Friend the Member for Birmingham Yardley (Jess Phillips), who has responsibility for safeguarding, met the Welsh Minister for Social Care and the Welsh Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice. They discussed in detail measures to tackle violence against women and girls.