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Operation Sceptre originated as a Metropolitan Police initiative, but with the agreement of the National Police Chiefs Council, it has becom

Female genital mutilation (FGM) and forced marriage are terrible forms of abuse, and this Government is clear that we will not allow politic

As of 24 July 2018, the number of Civil Servants currently employed by the Government Equalities Office is 110, which equates to 102.3 Full

As the honourable Member notes, the functions of Parliament are currently exempt from the Public Sector Equality Duty.

As part of our LGBT Action Plan, we have committed to exploring all legislative and non-legislative options to end this abhorrent practice.

On 3 July 2018, the Government published an LGBT Action Plan in response to the findings from last year’s national LGBT survey.

Indicator 5.c.1 is a non-statistical global indicator to monitor global progress toward Target 5c, which calls on Member States to ‘adopt an

The definition of “zombie knife” in the Bill is the existing definition under section 141(2) of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 set out in the

I will have to write to the hon. Lady about that. I commend the clause to the Committee.

I should declare an interest: I used to prosecute for the Crown Prosecution Service and other law enforcement agencies.