Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Linda Riordan (Labour and Co-operative Party), on Wednesday, 27 June 2007, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 72 members in total.

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VIOLENCE AND INEQUALITY

That this House notes the establishment of the new Commission for Equality and Human Rights (CEHR) due in October; recognises that violence and abuse is a violation of human rights and often both a consequence and perpetuator of inequality; further notes, for example, the higher levels of sexual abuse in women and girls with learning difficulties, the patterns which exist between domestic violence and elder abuse and the high levels of homophobic and racist abuse experienced by lesbians and gay men from ethnic minority communities; further notes that domestic violence in England and Wales alone costs ??23 billion a year; and therefore supports the End Violence Against Women Coalition in their call for the CEHR to address the relationship between violence and inequality as a priority when it begins work later this year.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1793 

Session

2006-07

Other sponsors

Jim Dobbin

John McDonnell

Lynne Jones

David Drew

Nia Griffith

Subjects

Equality Human rights Violence

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk