I thank my hon. Friend for making that fundamentall [12D [K fundamentally important point in the Chamber. I, too, am horrified at the h [1D [K horrific racially motivated sexual attacks that seem to be increasing at th [2D [K the moment. This Government are committed to tackling all forms of hate cri [3D [K crime. Violence and abuse directed at women and girls because of their race [4D [K race is totally unacceptable and heinous. Where attacks are racially motiva [6D [K motivated, police can pursue them as racially aggravated offences, which at [2D [K attract tougher and higher sentences. These offences often include assault, [8D [K assault, harassment and criminal damage, and I am proudly working with some [4D [K some brilliant organisations, such as Southall Black Sisters, Karma Nirvana [7D [K Nirvana and Hibiscus, as part of our strategy to halve the level of violenc [7D [K violence against women and girls.

I thank my hon. Friend for supporting her constitue [9D [K constituents so diligently, and for raising this matter with me today. The [K Government are committed to ensuring that victims of domestic abuse can acc [3D [K access the support that they need to get safe accommodation to rebuild thei [4D [K their lives. Under part 4 of the Domestic Abuse Act 2021, local authorities [11D [K authorities in England are required to assess the need for safe accommodati [11D [K accommodation and commission specialist support for victims and their child [5D [K children. To support that delivery, the Ministry of Housing, Communities an [2D [K and Local Government will provide nearly £500 million over the next three y [1D [K years for accommodation for domestic abuse victims who are homeless and eli [3D [K eligible for that accommodation. Offenders released from prison are subject [7D [K subject to licence requirement conditions, and my hon. Friend's constituent [11D [K constituent should be receiving support from her victim liaison officer.

I thank the right hon. Lady for raising that issue. [6D [K issue. I had hoped to drop in to the event that she hosted yesterday in Par [3D [K Parliament to meet Jean directly. Ministerial responsibilities meant that I [1D [K I was unable to do so, but I will commit today to meeting her and Jean to d [1D [K discuss this matter. The right hon. Lady will know that the Law Commission [K is looking specifically at desecration of a body; that work is ongoing. The [3D [K The Government will look carefully at the report to see what more we can do [2D [K do.

I welcome that really important question from the h [1D [K hon. Gentleman, and he is right to address this issue. A core part of our v [1D [K violence against women and girls strategy is tackling the online proliferat [10D [K proliferation of harmful narratives that are being pushed on our young men [K and boys. Last week, the Deputy Prime Minister and I hosted a roundtable ac [2D [K across Government, with the Secretary of State for Education present, to lo [2D [K look at how best we can support our men and boys in a positive way to provi [5D [K provide them with opportunities going forward, so that they are not being p [1D [K pushed the message that they are to blame and are toxic. I want to be very [K clear that “toxic masculinity” does not mean that all men are toxic—that is [2D [K is a really important point to make.

I thank the right hon. Lady for raising that issue. [6D [K issue. I had hoped to drop in to the event that she hosted yesterday in Par [3D [K Parliament to meet Jean directly. Ministerial responsibilities meant that I [1D [K I was unable to do so, but I will commit today to meeting her and Jean to d [1D [K discuss this matter. The right hon. Lady will know that the Law Commission [K is looking specifically at desecration of a body; that work is ongoing. The [3D [K The Government will look carefully at the report to see what more we can do [2D [K do.

I thank the Chair of the Women and Equalities Commi [5D [K Committee for raising this issue. It is a horrific statistic that she cites [5D [K cites, but sadly it is not uncommon across all professions, including comed [5D [K comedy and music. Our violence against women and girls strategy is holistic [8D [K holistic, so that we can take a whole-society approach to tackling the issu [4D [K issue that she raises, which includes changing the culture going forward. I [1D [K I have been pleased to work with a brilliant organisation called No Stage f [1D [K for Abusers, which looks specifically at this issue. I would be happy to wo [2D [K work with my hon. Friend and the Women and Equalities Committee to see what [4D [K what more we can do to support self-employed women and to tackle the harass [6D [K harassment that they face in the workplace.

I thank the hon. Lady for her question, which build [5D [K builds on another question that I previously answered. We need to take a ho [2D [K holistic approach to tackling violence against women and girls, which means [5D [K means involving every Government Department. I am really pleased that the S [1D [K Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology was present at th [2D [K the roundtable hosted by the Deputy Prime Minister last week, which looked [K at how best to support men and boys and at how we can tackle the issue she [K raises. This is about working with Ofcom to look at what more we can do to [K support the regulator and to prevent algorithms from pushing harmful conten [6D [K content to our men and boys, but it is also about supporting teachers in th [2D [K the workplace to ensure that they feel safe and can escalate issues as they [4D [K they occur.

I thank the Liberal Democrat spokesperson for her q [1D [K question. I had the privilege of meeting the Katie Trust last week to discu [5D [K discuss that precise issue, and later today I am meeting Advocacy After Fat [3D [K Fatal Domestic Abuse and Dr Anna Hopkins to look at what more we can do. Th [2D [K The hon. Member will know that the Law Commission is reviewing the law of h [1D [K homicide to look at precisely the issue she raises. That work is ongoing, a [1D [K and the Government will examine the recommendations when they come forward. [8D [K forward.