Oral QuestionDepartment for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

What steps he is taking to support the retail sector.

Tabled: 25 April 2018Answered: 1 May 2018

Asked by

Liz Twist

LabourBlaydon and Consett

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Answer from Hansard

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

We are funding police support services such as independent sexual advisers and domestic abuse advisers. We have launched domestic abuse protection orders in selected areas, and, as recommended by the sentencing review, we are exploring the possibility of expanding the use of domestic abuse specialist courts. We have asked Sir Brian Leveson to conduct a review of our criminal courts with the ambition of reducing the time for which victims wait for justice.