Mark Reckless – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mark Reckless on 2014-02-21.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his policy is on the implementation of the so-called Eve’s Law.

Damian Green

The Government takes the issue of domestic violence very seriously and is committed to ensuring greater protection for victims of all forms of violence.

The issue raised by the Eve’s Law campaign is complex and cuts across a number of justice jurisdictions, and into many areas of a victim’s interaction with the state and other agencies.

Having considered the issues raised by the campaign this Department is not persuaded that primary legislation is the necessary and appropriate way forward. However, we are committed to taking action to improve the protection of personal information of victims and will identify opportunities in the cross-Government programmes that are tackling the priority issues of domestic and sexual abuse.

I refer the Honourable Member to my response to questions raised in the House by Dan Jarvis MP, Honourable Member for Barnsley Central, regarding the Eve’s Law campaign, on 17 December 2013, and 14 January this year (Hansard 14 Jan 2014 : Column 480W, 17 Dec 2013 : Column 607).