{"id":523,"date":"2018-05-23T14:02:23","date_gmt":"2018-05-23T14:02:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test.johnwhittingdale.co.uk\/?p=523"},"modified":"2021-08-18T09:08:27","modified_gmt":"2021-08-18T09:08:27","slug":"question-to-the-prime-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/?p=523","title":{"rendered":"Question to the Prime Minister"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; list-style: none; padding-left: 0px; font-family: 'open sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\">\n<ul style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; list-style: none; padding-left: 0px; font-family: 'open sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\">\n<li id=\"contribution-7C1DC5F0-3356-42A1-92FF-556A6BDA0203\" class=\"highlight fadeHighlight\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; background-clip: content-box; border-top-left-radius: 4px; border-top-right-radius: 4px; border-bottom-right-radius: 4px; border-bottom-left-radius: 4px; transition: all 1s ease-in-out; padding: 10px 0px;\">\n<div class=\"col-md-9\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; position: relative; min-height: 1px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 15px; float: left; width: 705px;\">\n<h2 class=\"memberLink\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'open sans', sans-serif; line-height: 1.1; color: inherit; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 1.2em;\"><a class=\"nohighlight\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #428bca; background-position: 0px 0px;\" title=\"View member's contributions\" href=\"https:\/\/hansard.parliament.uk\/search\/MemberContributions?house=Commons&amp;memberId=39\">Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon) (Con)<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-3 hidden-sm hidden-xs\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; position: relative; min-height: 1px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 15px; float: left; width: 235px;\">\n<div class=\"share-icon\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background-image: url('https:\/\/hansard.parliament.uk\/Assets\/svg\/share.svg'); padding-left: 16px; height: 18px; display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle; margin-top: -3px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"link-to-contribution link-text\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: gray; padding-left: 10px; background-position: 0px 0px;\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/hansard.parliament.uk\/Commons\/2018-05-23\/debates\/FC0194CA-193D-4DED-8180-C1F05D070688\/Engagements#contribution-7C1DC5F0-3356-42A1-92FF-556A6BDA0203\" rel=\"popover\" data-placement=\"top\" data-hop-url-shorten-url=\"\/UrlShortener\/ShorternUrl\" data-hop-popover=\"http:\/\/hansard.parliament.uk\/Commons\/2018-05-23\/debates\/FC0194CA-193D-4DED-8180-C1F05D070688\/Engagements#contribution-7C1DC5F0-3356-42A1-92FF-556A6BDA0203\" data-original-title=\"Share this contribution\"><span class=\"share-text\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\">&nbsp;Share this contribution<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inner\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 0px;\">\n<div class=\"contribution col-md-9\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; position: relative; min-height: 1px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; float: left; width: 705px; line-height: 1.5em; font-size: 1em; word-wrap: break-word;\">\n<p class=\"Question\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;\">Q8.&nbsp;&nbsp;As my right hon. Friend is aware, at the end of last year my constituent, Natalie Lewis-Hoyle, the daughter of Councillor Miriam Lewis and our right hon. Friend the Member for Chorley (Sir Lindsay Hoyle), took her own life, having been in a coercive relationship and suffering mental abuse through what is known as gaslighting. Does my right hon. Friend agree that we need to raise awareness of this particular kind of abuse? Will she support Miriam Lewis in establishing the \u201cChat with Nat\u201d website in memory of Natalie, to help and advise those affected by this behaviour?&nbsp;<span class=\"uin\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #999999;\">[905534]<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-3 right-column\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; position: relative; min-height: 1px; padding-left: 15px; padding-right: 15px; float: left; width: 235px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"clearfix\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"statement col-md-9 hs_ColumnNumber\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; position: relative; min-height: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 15px; float: left; width: 705px; line-height: 1.6em;\">\n<p class=\"hs_ColumnNumber\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;\"><span id=\"836\" class=\"column-number column-only\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block;\" data-column-number=\"836\">\u200b<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-3 right-column\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; position: relative; min-height: 1px; padding-left: 15px; padding-right: 15px; float: left; width: 235px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<ul style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; list-style: none; padding-left: 0px; font-family: 'open sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\">\n<li id=\"contribution-B5A3B2A7-E576-477F-81A9-3D4AF2164028\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; padding: 10px 0px;\">\n<div class=\"col-md-9\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; position: relative; min-height: 1px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 15px; float: left; width: 705px;\">\n<h2 class=\"memberLink\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'open sans', sans-serif; line-height: 1.1; color: inherit; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 1.2em;\"><a class=\"nohighlight\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #428bca; background-position: 0px 0px;\" title=\"View member's contributions\" href=\"https:\/\/hansard.parliament.uk\/search\/MemberContributions?house=Commons&amp;memberId=8\">The Prime Minister<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-3 hidden-sm hidden-xs\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; position: relative; min-height: 1px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 15px; float: left; width: 235px;\">\n<div class=\"share-icon\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background-image: url('https:\/\/hansard.parliament.uk\/Assets\/svg\/share.svg'); padding-left: 16px; height: 18px; display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle; margin-top: -3px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"link-to-contribution link-text\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: gray; padding-left: 10px; background-position: 0px 0px;\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/hansard.parliament.uk\/Commons\/2018-05-23\/debates\/FC0194CA-193D-4DED-8180-C1F05D070688\/Engagements#contribution-B5A3B2A7-E576-477F-81A9-3D4AF2164028\" rel=\"popover\" data-placement=\"top\" data-hop-url-shorten-url=\"\/UrlShortener\/ShorternUrl\" data-hop-popover=\"http:\/\/hansard.parliament.uk\/Commons\/2018-05-23\/debates\/FC0194CA-193D-4DED-8180-C1F05D070688\/Engagements#contribution-B5A3B2A7-E576-477F-81A9-3D4AF2164028\" data-original-title=\"Share this contribution\"><span class=\"share-text\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\">&nbsp;Share this contribution<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inner\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 0px;\">\n<div class=\"contribution col-md-9\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; position: relative; min-height: 1px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; float: left; width: 705px; line-height: 1.5em; font-size: 1em; word-wrap: break-word;\">\n<p class=\"hs_Para\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;\">I thank my right hon. Friend for raising what is a very important issue. I am sure that Members on all sides of this House will join me in offering our deepest sympathies and condolences to Councillor Miriam Lewis and the right hon. Member for Chorley (Sir Lindsay Hoyle). [Hon. Members: \u201cHear, hear.\u201d] I thank my right hon. Friend for bringing this website in memory of Natalie to my attention. I am happy to offer my full support to the project, which I am sure will provide much-needed help and advice to those who are in the most difficult and painful of circumstances.<\/p>\n<p class=\"hs_Para\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;\">\n<p class=\"hs_Para\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;\">We have, of course, changed the law to introduce a new domestic abuse offence of coercion and control in intimate and familial relationships. Since the introduction of that offence, there have been almost 300 successful prosecutions. That shows what a problem this issue is out there. We are always looking for what more can be done and, in our consultation on transforming the law on domestic abuse and violence, we are currently looking for ideas on how the offence can be further strengthened, to ensure that perpetrators are brought to justice.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon) (Con) &nbsp; &nbsp;Share this contribution Q8.&nbsp;&nbsp;As my right hon. Friend is aware, at the end of last year my constituent, Natalie Lewis-Hoyle, the daughter of Councillor Miriam Lewis and our right hon. Friend the Member for Chorley (Sir Lindsay Hoyle), took her own life, having been in a coercive relationship and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1533,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-speeches"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=523"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1816,"href":"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523\/revisions\/1816"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}