Question follow-through · 23381
Honour Based Abuse: Sentencing
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department’s sentencing review will consider the suitability of sentences for honour-based violence.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 13 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 15 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 22 Jan 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
13 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department’s sentencing review will consider the suitability of sentences for honour-based violence.
15 Jan 2025
Target answer date
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22 Jan 2025
Answer published
Tackling violence against women and girls is a priority for this Government. This Government has made a clear commitment to halve violence against women and girls within a decade.Our manifesto committed to a review of sentencing to ensure the framework is...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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Ministry of Justice: Members
13 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many surgeries Ministers in his Department have held for hon. Members (a) between July 2024 and January 2025 and (b) since January 2025.