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Home Office minister: 'The government is working on crimes against women'

Has Priti Patel not get any ideas on how to stop crime against women given she's commissioning reports and not laws?

Ms Atkins says we have seen action from the government, and refers to the Domestic Abuse Bill making its way through parliament at the moment. 

"The next step is looking at violence on the street," she adds.

The minister is told that rape charges are at 1.4%, and that a man was given a five-year sentence for "throttling" his wife. Another case is mentioned where a man avoided prison for violence against a woman because he argued he would lose his job.

"This justice system isn't serving us", Jayne says.

Ms Atkins says there is an "end to end" review of the criminal justice system is taking place, and says that the cases mentioned to her are a matter for the judiciary.

She adds that changes are being made to the sentencing of serious and violent offenders, saying that at the moment they can be released after half their term - but that is being increased to two-thirds.

Should police be looking at their own, Ms Atkins is asked, given that police offers accused of domestic violence are less likely to be convicted? 

Ms Atkins does not answer the question directly, but says there is training for police to recognise and support victims of domestic abuse, but suggests the police, as a result of the training, are looking at their own behaviour.

"We're investing money in perpetrator programmes to stop the cycle of abuse," she adds.

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