| Heading: |
Honour Based Violence |
| Question ID: |
1794884 |
| UIN: |
46174 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-04-17 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5089 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Ben Obese-Jecty
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| Asking Member handle: |
BenObeseJecty
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@BenObeseJecty
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing a criminal offence of honour based violence or abuse. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-04-28 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4370 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Jess Phillips
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| Answering Member handle: |
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Jess Phillips
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| Correcting Member ID: |
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| Correcting Member display name: |
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| Answer text: |
‘Honour’-based abuse (HBA) is an umbrella term, covering specific crimes such as female genital mutilation (FGM) and forced marriage, but also other forms of abuse that take place in an 'honour' context. While there is not a specific offence of Honour Bas... |
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| Answering body ID: |
1 |
| Answering body name: |
Home Office |
| Tweeted: |
true |