The Violence Against Women, Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence (Wales) Act 2015

Part of 2. Questions to the Leader of the House – in the Senedd at 3:02 pm on 24 January 2018.

Alert me about debates like this

Photo of Jane Hutt Jane Hutt Labour 3:02, 24 January 2018

Thank you, leader of the house. As we mark the fortieth anniversary of Welsh Women’s Aid this week, will you join me in acknowledging the history, impact and value of the third sector in Wales, including not only Welsh Women’s Aid but Bawso, Hafan Cymru, Llamau, local and regional women's aid groups, Atal y Fro? These organisations provide vital services for victims of domestic abuse, but they also work with the statutory and criminal justice agencies who have the power in statute to make changes by implementing the law and making domestic violence a priority. What more can the Welsh Government do to ensure that there is united effort—with the backing of this Assembly; I think this has been demonstrated this afternoon across this Assembly—to prevent the next 40 years continuing the statistics that one in three women in Wales experience violence and abuse?