Written Question·Home Office·UIN 59215
Balaclavas: Domestic Abuse and Honour Based Abuse
Tabled: 11 June 2025
Answered: 19 June 2025
Question
Rupert Lowe
Restore Britain — Great Yarmouth
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of full-face coverings on levels of (a) coercion, (b) domestic control and (c) honour-based abuse.
Answer
Jess PhillipsTackling violence against women and girls, including Coercive or Controlling Behaviour (CCB) and ‘Honour’-Based Abuse (HBA), is a top priority for this Government and our manifesto included a mission to halve violence against women and girls in a decade. ...
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