Last weekend Emma spoke at the National Victims Association’s annual conference, telling victims’ campaigners about her work standing up for victims in Parliament and her plans for reforming the law. The NVA is a national organisation that provides counselling and...
Emma has given her backing to a Labour MP’s petition calling on the Prime Minister to give full protection to those who give evidence over alleged child sex offences committed by Westminster politicians. The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) has...
Emma and a group of cross-party MPs have successfully convinced the Government to change the law on child exploitation, to prevent sexually exploited children from being blamed for the crimes committed against them. Labour supported an amendment to the Serious Crime...
Emma recently addressed the CCPAS (Churches’ Child Protection Advisory Service) conference in London, sharing her views on the state of child protection and the challenge of fighting institutionalised abuse. Emma explained how children were vulnerable to abuse within...
On Thursday Emma highlighted the increasing levels of violence against staff in betting shops, and called on the Government to consider new laws requiring these shops to install protective screens to protect workers. Speaking at Culture, Media and Sport Questions,...
