We know that most people in our society see this as being unacceptable. A YouGov poll recently for the End Violence Against Women Coalition showed that a majority of people saw access to counselling as being more important than access to the police or the courts service for survivors of sexual violence. The vast majority of people—82 per cent—acknowledged that sexual violence does have impact on mental health. And significantly too, as happens so often, 60 per cent of people believe that access to counselling is available free of charge already for survivors of sexual violence, when we know that that isn't the case on the ground because of a lack of capacity, driven by a lack of funding.

In March 2018, there were 6,355 survivors on rape crisis waiting lists—over 6,000 people at one point waiting on those waiting lists—and it's expected that the figures will be even higher today, with the increasing demand for support services. I wonder whether the young woman found guilty of lying, having been gang-raped in Cyprus, will have access to professional counselling services, or is she going to have to wait on a waiting list, which will be lengthy at best, or non-existent at worst?

Now, I have no doubt that the failings of the UK Government are at the heart of the problem that we are currently facing. This is what Sarah Green, the joint director of the End Violence Against Women Coalition, said: