2. Business Statement and Announcement

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 2:45 pm on 28 November 2017.

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Photo of Julie James Julie James Labour 2:45, 28 November 2017

The Member brings this up consistently, and, as I said in response to Mark Isherwood, we are working, of course, towards a situation where no-one in Wales lives in fear of violence or anything else. There's a huge cultural issue around the acceptability of domestic violence. I will, of course, be looking at violence against everybody in all kinds of settings in my new role, but it is actually important to remember that two women a week are killed by domestic violence, and we need to get our priorities straight.