Written Submissions for PE1103  

18 December 2007 :   The Committee agreed to seek responses to the issues raised in the petition from the Scottish Government, Scottish Women’s Aid, Women’s Support Project, Zero Tolerance Charitable Trust, Rape Crisis Scotland, Victim Support Scotland and Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland and to forward a copy of the petition for information to the Scottish Parliament Cross-Party Group on Men's Violence Against Women and Children. Link to Official Report 18 December 2007 

18 March 2008 :   The Committee agreed to invite a further response from the Scottish Government clarifying what specific action it is taking that is relevant to the issues raised in this petition, what action it is taking in terms educating children and young people on child sexual abuse, domestic abuse, rape and sexual assault and commercial sexual exploitation, how it will gauge the results of its recently launched information campaign to tackle violence against women and children, when its strategy following on from ‘Strategic Framework on Violence Against Women’ and its report on the Domestic Abuse Court in Glasgow will be published and how the conclusions and recommendations of these will be taken forward and what impact its concordant with COSLA will have on funding of support services in this area. Link to Official Report 18 March 2008 

23 September 2008 :   The Committee agreed to write to the Scottish Government asking it to respond, once the Violence Against Women Strategy has been published, on how this will constructively address the issues raised in the petition and continue the development of strategic work on violence against women and the 3 P’s approach.Link to Official Report 23 September 2008