Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Roger Mullin (Scottish National Party), on Wednesday, 22 February 2017, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 17 members in total.

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FIFE WOMEN'S AID

That this House commends the dedication of Fife Women's Aid (FWA) in supporting women, children and young people across Fife who are experiencing domestic abuse; understands that staff and volunteers provide refuge accommodation, support, group work, information, advocacy, counselling, befriending, family work, court support and an emergency out-of-hours service; further understands, from figures given in the FWA Report 2015-16, that FWA supported 1,061 women through the Women's Support Service, that 129 women and 120 children accessed refuge in Fife during this 12 month period and that 317 children and young people accessed the Children and Young People Service; recognises that FWA work hard to sustain frontline services and to meet the needs of its service users and the requirements of its funders in a challenging economic climate; and wishes FWA all the very best for the future.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

965 

Session

2016-17

Other sponsors

Jim Shannon

Patrick Grady

Chris Law

Chris Stephens

Alison Thewliss

Subjects

Children Crimes of violence Voluntary organisations Sexual offences

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk