Sarah Champion MP, Chair of the APPGs on Sexual Violence and Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse, responds to the Government’s award of the three-year Rape Support Fund, which included a 10% funding increase for specialist sexual violence and abuse services:
Read MoreSarah Champion, Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse, called on the Government to introduce a statutory right to paid time off work for victims who are attending court as a witness during Justice Oral Questions on Tuesday 12 March.
Read MoreSarah Champion MP, Member of Parliament for Rotherham has welcomed new measures proposed by the Government to improve passenger safety in taxis and private hire vehicles.
Read MoreToday the NSPCC are making recommendations to Government on the steps it should take to better protect children online.
As the internet has come to dominate our lives, the risks to children have increasingly become more apparent. The NSPCC proposals set out the crucial steps Government must take to get on top of the spread of child sexual abuse imagery and grooming online.
Read MoreSarah Champion, MP for Rotherham, has responded to the publication of the Government’s draft Domestic Abuse Bill. The bill includes several measures including defining economic abuse as a form of domestic abuse for the first time, new protection orders to mandate perpetrator’s to take part in rehabilitation programmes and the creation of a Domestic Abuse Commissioner.
Read MoreSarah Champion, MP for Rotherham, responds to the Home Office publication of the response to Independent Inquiry on Child Sexual Abuse’s (IICSA) interim recommendations.
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