Shockat Adam (Leicester South) (Ind): It is a real honour to serve under your chairship, Mr Stringer, and I thank and salute the hon.

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It is a real honour to serve under your chairship, Mr Stringer, and I thank and salute the hon. Member for Poplar and Limehouse (Apsana Begum) for her bravery and determination in bringing this debate to this Chamber. That we are discussing violence against women and girls in 2025 is a sad indictment of our society, but, simultaneously, it is really encouraging to see so many people determined to take the scourge head on. I have four points to address. The first concerns the cultural stigma and cultural sensitivity that some societies still hold on to. Violence against women has never been acc

[Graham Stringer in the Chair] [Relevant documents: Third Report of the Home Affairs Committee, Tackling violence against women and girls: funding, HC 741, and the Government response, HC 1352.] I beg to move, That this House has considered the matter of tackling violence against women and girls in London. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Stringer. Violence against women and girls remains one of the most prevalent and pervasive human rights violations in the world. The statistics are stark and frightening: according to Refuge, there were more than 159,000 reports of domestic …