Speeches by Phillips.

“Good old Ulster Rugby.”

“One of the most important things that I want to achieve with the strategy is the idea that it is your business. It is important for sports clubs to recognise that, for young women, having to use the same changing areas as men after them immediately creates a barrier of, “I don’t know whether I can go there because I do…”

“Just to be clear, there are no legal ramifications of the homelessness test in part 4 of the Domestic Abuse Act. There is a homelessness duty; in the vast majority of cases, people do not have to undertake legal action in order for the homelessness duty to apply to them.”

“Not to me, but to others.”

“I am going to Sky Sports tomorrow, so that will give you an idea. Believe you me, I hope they are not going to ask me any questions about sport. It is very important and a huge part of the Government’s strategy, especially when you are talking about post-16, really, and opportunities for congregation. We do not just wa…”

“I hope that the hon. Member appreciates that that is exactly what this is. I only make the point because there is so often a risk in this place, and in the Government, of one person who cares a huge amount about something becoming the responsible party for it, always. I will move on to the hon. Gentleman’s broader poin…”

“It is a huge part of our strategy. It is a big part of the strategy in Northern Ireland as well, notwithstanding the difference in complexity—although not always that different, I know, as somebody who has had people campaigning outside the schools in their constituency—around the education system in a post-conflict so…”

“The answer to that question is that I do not know, which is a rare thing for a person to say. There is brilliant practice and evidence-based practice that goes on across the United Kingdom, but I do not know. Some places in Northern Ireland may also have, usually, good local services coming up with schemes around healt…”

“If I say to officials in the Home Office “How is this in Northern Ireland?” I do not feel that there is any barrier to ensuring that we can communicate with either the Executive or the people in Northern Ireland. I have to say—I am not just saying this because you are questioning me and you are all here—that the repres…”

“You make a really important point. We have what was called the domestic homicide review system in England. Wales is, incidentally, doing something slightly different, but it is in line with the Government in England. We have DHRs that are done. In Northern Ireland I think there is a similar DHR system which is slightly…”

“They are not that specific, yes.”

“It is in England. Because we have meetings coming out of our ears, I do not want people coming to a specific meeting about education if it is completely devolved, for example. In the last inter-ministerial group we had on child sex abuse online, for example, the Ministers from Scotland were on the inter-ministerial gro…”

“I will be down in Devon and Cornwall next week for both business and pleasure—I have turned business into a bit of pleasure as the recess comes along. I would like to thank Airbnb for that. [Laughter.] The issue of need and how we commission services in rural areas has never been properly considered. On the basis of a …”

“We have an inter-ministerial group on violence against women and girls. I do sometimes feel like such groups are coming out of my ears though.”

“I absolutely agree. When I was running refuge accommodation, we were moving from the era of everybody living in communal refuges to a new era of people needing separate accommodation. Some of that was about the rules on safeguarding with regard to which children could and could not live together, and about boys over th…”

“Or in the tearoom.”

“I would not say that there was anything I disagreed with. I would really give credit to the Northern Ireland Executive and those who built the strategy for making it incredibly victim-centric and working with the voice of victims to build the strategy. Where I think that they differ is just in the policies proposed to …”

“No, we do not. To be clear, as somebody who the Revenge Porn Helpline has taken down images of, I assure you that nobody is going to say, “No, we are going to leave your images on the internet because you are from Northern Ireland.” That is not how these institutions were formed. There will need to be broader conversat…”

“Yes. First and foremost, we went over to Northern Ireland specifically to talk to them about the building of their strategy, how they had done it and what outcomes they were seeking to pursue. Broadly, the outcomes map across. Prevention is the single biggest focus of both that aligns. We dream the same dreams and want…”

“It is not hard to find.”