The British Parliament’s home affairs select committee has said that “much stronger action” is needed to tackle domestic violence in the UK.
In a report issued on Monday, the committee also urged the government to provide more support for victims of domestic abuse and to widen its reforms as a matter of urgency.
“The government is rightly proposing new legislation and a new strategy, but our inquiry found much stronger action is needed across the board,” the committee said.
According to the report’s figures, 200 women and children, who are victims of domestic abuse, are turned away from emergency refuges every day due to a “desperate lack” of bed spaces.
An estimated 1.2 million women experienced domestic abuse last year, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics’ crime survey while an estimated two women a week die at the hands of a current or former partner.
Refuge services supported 13,414 women with 14,353…