'ZERO TOLERANCE' CAMPAIGN BY ALA

EDM number 357 in 1993-94, proposed by Joan Ruddock on 17/01/1994.

That this House congratulates the Association of London Authorities on its Zero Tolerance Campaign, London's first major crime prevention campaign on the issue of violence against women; notes that a local London survey found a third of women questioned had experienced domestic violence and nearly two-thirds of men said they would be violent towards their partner in certain circumstances; further notes that domestic violence accounts for a quarter of all reported violent crime; calls for active prevention of crimes against women and children, adequate provision of support services for women and children and appropriate legal protection for women and children who are victims of violence; and calls on the Government to implement in full the recommendations of the Home Affairs Select Committee report on Domestic Violence.

This motion has been signed by a total of 103 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.