Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Baroness Harman (Labour), on Tuesday, 22 November 2016, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 38 members in total.

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SHAME BASED CRIMES

That this House deplores all forms of shame based crimes, otherwise known as honour based crimes, and recognises the need for better understanding of the unique implications and challenges these crimes present to statutory service providers to ensure that all reported incidents are investigated and that all victims are supported; further deplores the rape and murder of Samia Shahid, which but for the tireless work of the hon. Member for Bradford West may otherwise have remained uninvestigated; and calls on the Government to put in a more rigorous and systematic approach to dealing with suspicious deaths of British nationals overseas and a more robust strategy to engage with communities in the UK to address all forms of shame based abuse.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

706 

Session

2016-17

Other sponsors

Yvette Cooper

Chuka Umunna

Rushanara Ali

Stephen Kinnock

Wes Streeting

Subjects

Crime Crimes of violence

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk