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...
The rights of young abuse victims and witnesses received a boost this week when the Government published its new policy on support for victims in the justice system. In recent months Emma has been working with the NSPCC to convince the Government to bring in new...
This Tuesday Emma stood up in Parliament to raise the concerns of probation workers in Shields about the Government’s privatisation of the probation service. Emma recently met with local staff who warned that the Government’s changes were putting clients at a greater...
Emma has put her name to the NSPCC’s ‘Order In Court’ petition, which calls on the Government to make sure vulnerable young witnesses are able to give evidence from a safe location away from the courtroom so they do not have to face their abusers. The petition demands...
The NSPCC has today published a blog written by Emma in support of its ‘Order in Court’ campaign to make Britain’s criminal justice system more accommodating for child victims and witnesses. Emma writes about the impact the courtroom environment and aggressive...
